British actress Kathleen Harrison wears a striped blouse

Kathleen Harrison

(1892–1995)

British actress (died aged 103) | Oliver Twist (1948), In Which We Serve (1942), Dear Octopus (1943)

British character actress, usually seen as a cockney but born in Lancashire

Mini Biography

On stage from 1926; films made Kathleen Harrison an amiable, slightly dithery but warm-hearted national figure.

Latest Kathleen Harrison Pictures

Photograph from The Happy Family (1952) (2) featuring Kathleen Harrison (as Lillian Lord) and George Cole (as Cyril)
  • 8th May, 2023
Kathleen Harrison, George Cole, Stanley Holloway
The Happy Family (1952) photograph (2) | Kathleen Harrison, George Cole
Lobby card from Cast a Dark Shadow (1955) (5) featuring Dirk Bogarde, Margaret Lockwood, Kay Walsh and Kathleen Harrison
  • 20th December, 2011
Dirk Bogarde, Kathleen Harrison, Kay Walsh, Margaret Lockwood
Cast a Dark Shadow (1955) lobby card (5) | Dirk Bogarde, Margaret Lockwood, Kay Walsh
British actress Kathleen Harrison wears a striped blouse
  • 15th January, 2016
Kathleen Harrison
Kathleen Harrison, British actress, wears a striped blouse
Kathleen Harrison (Lillian Lord) listens to shopkeeper Stanley Holloway (Henry Lord) in The Happy Family (1952)
  • 30th August, 2015
Stanley Holloway, Kathleen Harrison
Kathleen Harrison listens to Stanley Holloway in The Happy Family

Select Kathleen Harrison Filmography

The Man from Toronto (1933)
Martha
The Ghoul (1933)
Kaney
Dandy Dick (1935) opening credits (2)
Dandy Dick (1935)
Jane
Broken Blossoms (1936) opening credits (3)
Broken Blossoms (1936)
Mrs Lossy
Broken Blossoms (1936) opening credits (3)
Jury’s Evidence (1936)
Bank Holiday (1938) opening credits
Bank Holiday (1938)
May
Bank Holiday (1938) opening credits
The Terror (1938)
Parlor Maid
Convict 99 (1938) opening credits (2)
Convict 99 (1938)
Mabel
Convict 99 (1938) opening credits (2)
The Outsider (1939)
Mrs Coates
A Girl Must Live (1939) opening credits (1)
A Girl Must Live (1939)
Penelope
The Girl in the News (1940) opening credits
The Girl in the News (1940)
Cook
The Flying Squad (1940) opening credits (2)
The Flying Squad (1940)
Mrs Schiffan
Salvage with a Smile (1940) opening credits (1)
Salvage with a Smile (1940)
Housekeeper
The Ghost Train (1941) opening credits (3)
The Ghost Train (1941)
Miss Bourne
The Ghost Train (1941) opening credits (3)
Major Barbara (1941)
Mrs Price
I Thank You (1941) opening credits (3)
I Thank You (1941)
Cook
In Which We Serve (1942) opening credits
In Which We Serve (1942)
Mrs Blake
Much Too Shy (1942) opening credits (2)
Much Too Shy (1942)
Amelia Peabody
Much Too Shy (1942) opening credits (2)
Dear Octopus (1943)
Mrs Glossop
Meet Sexton Blake (1945) opening credits
Meet Sexton Blake (1945)
Mrs Bardell
Meet Sexton Blake (1945) opening credits
Great Day (1945)
Pub Customer
Wanted for Murder (1946) opening credits (4)
A Voice in the Night (1946)
Florrie
Carnival (1946) opening credits (3)
Carnival (1946)
Bit Role
The Shop at Sly Corner (1947) opening credits (3)
The Shop at Sly Corner (1947)
Mrs Catt
Holiday Camp (1947) opening credits (3)
Holiday Camp (1947)
Mrs Ethel Huggett
Bond Street (1948) opening credits
Bond Street (1948)
Ethel Brawn
Oliver Twist (1948) opening credits
Oliver Twist (1948)
Mrs Sowerberry
The Winslow Boy (1948) opening credits (3)
The Winslow Boy (1948)
Violet
The Winslow Boy (1948) opening credits (3)
Here Come the Huggetts (1948)
Ethel Huggett
Vote for Huggett (1949) opening credits (4)
Vote for Huggett (1949)
Ethel Huggett
The Huggetts Abroad (1949) opening credits (4)
The Huggetts Abroad (1949)
Ethel Huggett
Landfall (1949) opening credits (3)
Landfall (1949)
Mona’s Mother
Trio (1950) opening credits (3)
Trio (1950)
Emma Brown Foreman
Waterfront (1950) opening credits (3)
Waterfront (1950)
Mrs McCabe
Double Confession (1950) opening credits (2)
Double Confession (1950)
Kate
Scrooge opening credits (1951)
Scrooge (1951)
Mrs Dilber
The Pickwick Papers (1952) opening credits (3)
The Pickwick Papers (1952)
Rachel Wardle
The Pickwick Papers (1952) opening credits (3)
The Happy Family (1952)
Lillian Lord
Turn the Key Softly (1953) opening credits (4)
Turn the Key Softly (1953)
Granny Quilliam
Cast a Dark Shadow (1955) opening credits (3)
Cast a Dark Shadow (1955)
Emmie
All for Mary (1955) opening credits (3)
All for Mary (1955)
Nannie Cartwright
Where There’s a Will (1955) opening credits (3)
Where There’s a Will (1955)
Annie Yeo
The Big Money (1956) opening credits (4)
The Big Money (1956)
Mrs Frith
It’s a Wonderful World (1956) opening credits (3)
It’s a Wonderful World (1956)
Miss Gilly
Home and Away (1956) opening credits (3)
Home and Away (1956)
Elsie Knowles
Seven Thunders (1957) opening credits (6)
Seven Thunders (1957)
Mme Abou
A Cry from the Streets (1958) opening credits (4)
A Cry from the Streets (1958)
Mrs Farrer
Alive and Kicking (1958) opening credits (4)
Alive and Kicking (1958)
Rosie
The Fast Lady (1962) opening credits (4)
The Fast Lady (1962)
Mrs Staggers
West 11 (1963) opening credits (3)
West 11 (1963)
Mrs Beckett
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