Kathleen Harrison
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Kathleen Harrison (February 23, 1892 – December 7, 1995) was a prolific English character actress best remembered for her role as Mrs. Huggett (opposite Jack Warner and Petula Clark) in a trio of British post-war comedies about a working class family's misadventures.
Born in Blackburn, Lancashire, Harrison studied at RADA, then spent some years living in Argentina before making her professional acting debut in the UK in the 1920s. Before and during World War II, she played small parts in numerous British films, including Night Must Fall (1937), The Ghost Train (1941), Temptation Harbour (1947), Oliver Twist (1948), and a small but scene-stealing role as Mrs. Dilber in Scrooge (1951) (entitled A Christmas Carol in the USA). The Huggett family made their first appearance in Holiday Camp (1947). During the 1960s, Kathleen Harrison starred on television as Mrs. Thursday, a charlady who inherited a fortune. Harrison also played Kaney in The Ghoul (1933) and the matriarch in Mrs. Gibbons' Boys (1962).
