Kathleen Harrison
- Birthday
- Feb 23, 1892
Bio: Sharp-featured, sharp-tongued British actress Kathleen Harrison was everyone's favorite Cockney, even though she was born in Lancashire. A graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, Kathleen made her stage bow in 1926 (nine years earlier, she had appeared fleetingly in a silent picture). Her first talkie was 1931's Hobson's Choice; within only a few years, she… More Bio: Sharp-featured, sharp-tongued British actress Kathleen Harrison was everyone's favorite Cockney, even though she was born in Lancashire. A graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, Kathleen made her stage bow in 1926 (nine years earlier, she had appeared fleetingly in a silent picture). Her first talkie was 1931's Hobson's Choice; within only a few years, she was one of the best-loved actresses on the British screen. Her wide range encompassed suspense films (The Ghoul [1933], The Ghost Train [1941]), G. B. Shaw (Major Barbara [1941], Caesar and Cleopatra [1946]) and Dickens (A Christmas Carol [1951], The Pickwick Papers [1952]). In 1947, Harrison was costarred with Jack Warner in Holiday Camp; the actors played the heads of the Huggett family, a British equivalent to MGM's Hardy brood. This led to a popular series of Huggett films, and other well-received teamings of Warner and Harrison. Active in films until 1979, Kathleen Harrison worked almost exclusively in England; her one American production, Night Must Fall (1937), was based on a British stage success. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Filmography
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Seven Thunders (The Beasts of Marseilles) (2013)
- Actor
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On the Fiddle (Operation Snafu) (Operation War Head) (1961)
- Mrs. Cooksley
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Cry From the Streets (1958)
- Mrs. Farrer
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Turn the Key Softly (1953)
- Mrs. Quilliam
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The Pickwick Papers (1952)
- Rachael Wardle
- See all 28 films
Kathleen Harrison Videos
In Which We Serve
1 minutes 13 seconds
A Christmas Carol
1 minutes 42 seconds
I See A Dark Stranger
2 minutes 36 seconds
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