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Kathleen Harrison

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Kathleen Harrison

1892–1995 | British actress

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

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

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British actress Kathleen Harrison wears a striped blouse — Kathleen Harrison, British actress, wears a striped blouse

Kathleen Harrison (Lillian Lord) listens to shopkeeper Stanley Holloway (Henry Lord) in The Happy Family (1952) — Kathleen Harrison listens to Stanley Holloway in The Happy Family

Kathleen Harrison (as Ethel Brawn) in a photograph from Bond Street (1948) (1) — Bond Street (1948) photograph (1) | Kathleen Harrison

Kathleen Harrison (as Emmie) and Dirk Bogarde (as Edward Bare) in a photograph from Cast a Dark Shadow (1955) (20) — Cast a Dark Shadow (1955) photograph (20) | Kathleen Harrison, Dirk Bogarde

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Born

Kathleen Harrison was born in Blackburn, Lancashire on 23^rd February, 1892.
Died

Kathleen Harrison died in Merton, London on 7^th December, 1995, aged 103.

Watch Kathleen Harrison on British television

- The Fast Lady (1962)
- Monday at 3.30pm on Talking Pictures
- A bashful suitor buys an old Bentley, becomes a roadhog, passes his test, captures some crooks and gets the girl.
- Much Too Shy (1942)
- Friday at 7.45am on Talking Pictures
- A gormless handyman gets into trouble when the portraits of his lady clients are sold to an advertising agency with nude bodies added to them.