
Acting
Kathleen Harrison was long a stalwart of British cinema. Her place was always firmly below stairs – a cook perhaps, or a cleaning lady often answering the door with a puzzled expression always fearful that trouble was just around the corner.
She was born in 1892 in Blackburn in Lancashire. She studied at RADA and then went to live in Agentina for some time. On her return to Britain, she made her stage debut in 1926 in “The Constant Flirt”. Her first major film role was in 1931 in “Hobson’s Choice”. Kathleen Harrison made one film in Hollywood in Emlyn Williams “Night Must Fall” in 1937 as a m…

Blondes: Diana Dors
as Mrs. Huggett(archive footage)

The London Connection
as Elderly Lady

Lock Up Your Daughters
as Lady Clumsey

West 11
as Mrs. Beckett

The Fast Lady
as Mrs. Staggers

Mrs. Gibbons' Boys
as Mrs Gibbons

On the Fiddle
as Mrs. Cooksley

Alive and Kicking
as Rosie

The Big Money
as Mrs Frith

A Cry from the Streets
as Mrs. Farrer
Cast a Dark Shadow
1955