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British actress Kathleen Harrison wears a striped blouse

Kathleen Harrison

British actress (1892–1995) | Oliver Twist (1948), In Which We Serve (1942), Major Barbara (1941)

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

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
Kathleen Harrison (as Ethel Brawn) in a photograph from Bond Street (1948) (1)
  • 3rd November, 2012
Kathleen Harrison
Bond Street (1948) photograph (1) | Kathleen Harrison
Dirk Bogarde (as Edward Bare) and Kathleen Harrison (as Emmie) in a photograph from Cast a Dark Shadow (1955) (28)
  • 21st July, 2007
Dirk Bogarde, Kathleen Harrison
Cast a Dark Shadow (1955) photograph (28) | Dirk Bogarde, Kathleen Harrison

Select Kathleen Harrison Filmography

The Man from Toronto (1933)
Martha
Jury’s Evidence (1935)
Broken Blossoms (1936)
Mrs Lossy
Bank Holiday (1938) opening credits
Bank Holiday (1938)
May
Convict 99 (1938) opening credits (2)
Convict 99 (1938)
Mabel
A Girl Must Live (1939) opening credits
A Girl Must Live (1939)
Penelope
A Girl Must Live (1939) opening credits
The Outsider (1939)
Mrs Coates
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
The Flying Squad (1940) opening credits (2)
Salvage with a Smile (1940)
Housekeeper
I Thank You (1941) opening credits (3)
I Thank You (1941)
Cook
I Thank You (1941) opening credits (3)
Major Barbara (1941)
Mrs Price
The Ghost Train (1941) opening credits (3)
The Ghost Train (1941)
Miss Bourne
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
Holiday Camp (1947) opening credits (3)
Holiday Camp (1947)
Mrs Ethel Huggett
The Shop at Sly Corner (1947) opening credits (3)
The Shop at Sly Corner (1947)
Mrs Catt
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
Landfall (1949) opening credits (3)
Landfall (1949)
Mona’s Mother
The Huggetts Abroad (1949) opening credits (4)
The Huggetts Abroad (1949)
Ethel Huggett
Vote for Huggett (1949) opening credits (4)
Vote for Huggett (1949)
Ethel Huggett
Double Confession (1950) opening credits (2)
Double Confession (1950)
Kate
Double Confession (1950) opening credits (2)
Trio (1950)
Emma Brown Foreman
Waterfront (1950) opening credits (3)
Waterfront (1950)
Mrs McCabe
Scrooge opening credits (1951)
Scrooge (1951)
Mrs Dilber
Scrooge opening credits (1951)
The Happy Family (1952)
Lillian Lord
Scrooge opening credits (1951)
The Pickwick Papers (1952)
Rachel Wardle
Turn the Key Softly (1953) opening credits (4)
Turn the Key Softly (1953)
Granny Quilliam
Cast a Dark Shadow (1955) opening credits
Cast a Dark Shadow (1955)
Emmie
Where There’s a Will (1955) opening credits (3)
Where There’s a Will (1955)
Annie Yeo
All for Mary (1955) opening credits (3)
All for Mary (1955)
Nannie Cartwright
Home and Away (1956) opening credits (3)
Home and Away (1956)
Elsie Knowles
The Big Money (1956) opening credits (4)
The Big Money (1956)
Mrs Frith
The Big Money (1956) opening credits (4)
It’s a Wonderful World (1956)
Miss Gilly
Seven Thunders (1957) opening credits (6)
Seven Thunders (1957)
Mme Abou
Seven Thunders (1957) opening credits (6)
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
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