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Kathleen Harrison was a prolific English character actress best remembered for her role as Mrs Huggett in a trio of British post-war comedies about a working-class family's misadventures, The Huggetts. She later played the charwoman Mrs Dilber opposite Alastair Sim in the 1951 film Scrooge and as a Cockney charwoman who inherits a fortune in the television series Mrs Thursday (1966–67).
Born
Tuesday, 23 February 1892
Died
Thursday, 07 December 1995
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Their Finest | Lady in Film | 2017 |
| Lethal Weapon | Mrs. Dilber | 1987 |
| The London Connection | Elderly Lady | 1979 |
| Danger UXB | Mrs. Dollery | 1979 |
| Our Mutual Friend | Henerietty Boffin | 1976 |
| Lock Up Your Daughters! | Lady Clumsey | 1969 |
| ITV Saturday Night Theatre | Rose | 1969 |
| NBC Experiment in Television | (voice) | 1967 |
| Mrs Thursday | Alice Thursday | 1966 |
| BBC Play of the Month | Mrs. Ashworth | 1965 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Their Finest | Lady in Film | 2017 |
| Lethal Weapon | Mrs. Dilber | 1987 |
| The London Connection | Elderly Lady | 1979 |
| Danger UXB | Mrs. Dollery | 1979 |
| Our Mutual Friend | Henerietty Boffin | 1976 |
| Lock Up Your Daughters! | Lady Clumsey | 1969 |
| ITV Saturday Night Theatre | Rose | 1969 |
| NBC Experiment in Television | (voice) | 1967 |
| Mrs Thursday | Alice Thursday | 1966 |
| BBC Play of the Month | Mrs. Ashworth | 1965 |
| West 11 | Mrs. Beckett | 1963 |
| The Fast Lady | Mrs. Staggers | 1963 |
| Mrs. Gibbons' Boys | Mrs. Gibbons | 1962 |
| Comedy Playhouse | Woman | 1961 |
| Operation Snafu | Mrs. Cooksley | 1961 |
| The Jo Stafford Show | Self | 1961 |
| Alive and Kicking | Rosie | 1959 |
| A Cry from the Streets | Mrs. Farrer | 1958 |
| The Big Money | Mrs Frith / Mrs. Frith | 1958 |
| The Beasts of Marseilles | Mme. Abou | 1957 |
| Home and Away | Elsie / Elsie Knowles | 1956 |
| It's a Wonderful World | Miss Gilly | 1956 |
| Cast a Dark Shadow | Emmie | 1955 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1955 |
| Dixon of Dock Green | Kitty Pitman | 1955 |
| Where There's a Will | Annie Yeo | 1955 |
| Let's Make Up | Kate | 1954 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Elderly Lady | 1954 |
| The Dog and the Diamonds | Mrs. Fossett | 1953 |
| Turn the Key Softly | Granny Quilliam | 1953 |
| Rheingold Theatre | Mrs. Mintern | 1953 |
| The Pickwick Papers | Rachel Wardle | 1952 |
| Mr. Lord Says No | Lillian Lord | 1952 |
| The Magic Box | Mother in Family Group | 1952 |
| A Christmas Carol | Mrs. Dilber | 1951 |
| Man in the Dinghy | Ethel Huggett | 1950 |
| Trio | Emma Brown Foreman (segment "The Verger") / Emma Foreman (in segment The Verger) | 1950 |
| Waterfront Women | Mrs. McCabe | 1950 |
| Double Confession | Kate | 1950 |
| The Gay Adventure | Isobel | 1949 |
| Landfall | Mona's Mother | 1949 |
| Now Barabbas | Mrs. Brown | 1949 |
| The Huggetts Abroad | Ethel Huggett / The Huggett Family - Mother | 1949 |
| Vote for Huggett | Ethel Huggett | 1949 |
| Here Come the Huggetts | Ethel Huggett, Mother / Ethel Huggett | 1948 |
| Oliver Twist | Mrs Sowerberry | 1948 |
| The Winslow Boy | Violet - the maid / Violet | 1948 |
| Bond Street | Ethel Brawn | 1948 |
| Holiday Camp | Mrs. Huggett / Mrs. Ethel Huggett | 1947 |
| Code of Scotland Yard | Mrs. Catt | 1947 |
| Temptation Harbor | Mabel Slater | 1947 |
| Carnival | Bit Role | 1946 |
| Caesar and Cleopatra | Egyptian Woman | 1946 |
| I See a Dark Stranger | Waitress | 1946 |
| Wanted for Murder | Florrie | 1946 |
| Great Day | Pub Customer | 1945 |
| Meet Sexton Blake! | Mrs. Bardell | 1945 |
| Waterloo Road | Bit Role | 1945 |
| It Happened One Sunday | Mrs. Purkiss | 1944 |
| Dear Octopus | Mrs. Glossop | 1943 |
| Much Too Shy | Amelia Peabody | 1942 |
| In Which We Serve | Mrs. Blake | 1942 |
| The Big Blockade | Bit Role | 1942 |
| A Letter from Home | The Maid | 1941 |
| I Thank You | Cook / Kathleen | 1941 |
| Once a Crook | Auntie | 1941 |
| Major Barbara | Mrs. Price | 1941 |
| The Remarkable Mr. Kipps | Customer | 1941 |
| The Ghost Train | Miss Bourne | 1941 |
| The Flying Squad | Mrs. Schifan / Mrs. Schiffan | 1940 |
| Gaslight | Bit Role | 1940 |
| The Girl in the News | Cook | 1940 |
| They Came by Night | Mrs. Lightbody | 1940 |
| Mad Men of Europe | Bit Role | 1940 |
| Discoveries | Kitchen Maid | 1939 |
| Who Is Guilty? | Polly | 1939 |
| A Girl Must Live | Penelope | 1939 |
| The Outsider | Mrs. Coates | 1939 |
| Convict 99 | Mabel | 1938 |
| The Terror | Parlor Maid / Parlour Maid | 1938 |
| Bank Holiday | May | 1938 |
| Jane Steps Out | Bit Role | 1938 |
| Wanted! | Belinda | 1937 |
| Aren't Men Beasts | Annie | 1937 |
| Night Must Fall | Mrs. Terence / Emily Terence | 1937 |
| Everybody Dance | Lucy | 1936 |
| The Tenth Man | Confused Voter | 1936 |
| Broken Blossoms | Mrs. Lossy | 1936 |
| Jury's Evidence | Secretary | 1936 |
| Inside the Room | Nurse | 1935 |
| Dandy Dick | Jane (the Maid) | 1935 |
| What Happened Then? | Mrs Munday | 1935 |
| Line Engaged | Maid | 1935 |
| The Great Defender | Agnes Carter - Locke's Maid / Agnes Carter | 1934 |
| The Ghoul | Kaney | 1933 |
| The Man from Toronto | Martha | 1933 |
| Aren't We All? | Bit Role | 1932 |
| Detective Lloyd | Minor Role | 1932 |
