Kathleen Harrison

Kathleen Harrison

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...

Known For

Scrooge

as Mrs. Dilber

Oliver Twist

as Mrs Sowerberry

Cast Credits

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

The Big Money

as Mrs Frith

Seven Thunders

as Mme. Abou

Home and Away

as Elsie Knowles

All for Mary

as Nannie Cartwright

Turn the Key Softly

as Granny Quilliam

The Pickwick Papers

as Rachel Wardle

The Happy Family

as Lillian Lord

The Magic Box

as Mother in Family Group

Scrooge

as Mrs. Dilber

The Day Begins Early

as Ethel Huggett

Trio

as Emma Foreman (in segment The Verger)

Waterfront

as Mrs. McCabe

Golden Arrow

as Isobel

Landfall

as Mona's Mother

Now Barabbas

as Mrs. Brown