Kathleen Harrison was long a stalwart of British cinema.  Her place was
always firmly below stairs â 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 stage debut in 1926
in âThe Constant Flirtâ.  Her first major film role was in 1931 in
âHobsonâs Choiceâ.  Kathleen Harrison made one film in Hollywood in
Emlyn Williams âNight Must Fallâ in 1937 as a maid (naturally).  She
achieved national fame as Mrs Huggett in four films about the Huggett
family.  In the mid 1960â²s she starred in a very popular television
series Mrs Thursday about a cleaner who won the football pools.  She
died in 1995 at the age of 103.