Kathleen Harrison
Acting
Born February 22, 1892 · Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK
Biography
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…
Known For · 40 titles
BBC Play of the Month
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Our Mutual Friend
Mrs Thursday
Oliver Twist
Danger UXB
Scrooge
NBC Experiment in Television
Martin Chuzzlewit
Caesar and Cleopatra
In Which We Serve
Where There's a Will
Aren't We All?
Home and Away
They Came by Night
Lock Up Your Daughters
Letter from Home
The Magic Box
The Winslow Boy
Discoveries
Alive and Kicking
It's a Wonderful World
The Ghoul
West 11
I See a Dark Stranger
Gaslight
Waterfront
The Pickwick Papers
On the Fiddle
Night Must Fall
Lilacs in the Spring
A Girl Must Live
The London Connection
The Shop at Sly Corner
Wanted for Murder
Temptation Harbour
The Ghost Train
I Thank You
Blondes: Diana Dors
Girl in the News