Cathryn Mary Lee Harrison[1] (25 May 1959 – October 2018) was an English actress.
Cathryn Harrison | |
|---|---|
 Harrison aged 16 in Black Moon (1975) | |
| Born | Cathryn Mary Lee Harrison 25 May 1959 London, England |
| Died | October 2018 (aged 59) |
| Years active | 1972–2015 |
| Spouse |
Paul Laing (m. 1996) |
| Father | Noel Harrison |
| Relatives | Rex Harrison (paternal grandfather) |
Early life
editHarrison was the daughter of the actor and singer Noel Harrison,[1] and Sara Lee Eberts, and the granddaughter of actor Sir Rex Harrison.[1]
Career
editIn 1972, Harrison began her career aged 13, in Robert Altman's film Images (1972).[2] At aged 16, she performed the role of Lily in Louis Malle's experimental fantasy horror film Black Moon (1975).[2] She played Violet Trefusis, Vita Sackville West's lesbian lover in Portrait of a Marriage (1990).[2]
She worked in British television and radio dramas, appearing in Love on a Branch Line (1994).[2] She appeared opposite Robert Powell in an episode of Hannay (1989),[2]; and a 1977 Australian film called Blue Fire Lady (1977).[2] She also appeared as Major Tom Cadman's wife in the ITV series Soldier Soldier (1991),[2] she played assistant stage manager Irene in the Ronald Harwood written film The Dresser (1983).[2]
Death
editCathryn Harrison died in October 2018.
Films and television
edit- Images (1972) - Susannah
- The Pied Piper (1972) - Lisa
- Black Moon (1975) - Lily
- Romance (1977, TV Series) - Vere
- Blue Fire Lady (1977) - Jenny
- The Witches of Pendle (1977, TV Movie) - Alizon Device
- Moths (1977, TV Movie) - Vere
- Return of the Saint (1978, TV Series) - Sally
- Wuthering Heights (1978, TV Mini-Series) - Catherine Linton
- The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1982, TV Mini-Series) - Tilda Price / Henrietta Petowker
- Maybury (1983, TV Series) - Joanna
- The Dresser (1983) - Irene
- A Christmas Carol (1984, TV Movie) - Kate
- Robin of Sherwood (1986, TV Series) - Isadora
- The Happy Valley (1986, TV Movie) - Helen Tapsell
- Duet for One (1986) - Penny Smallwood
- Empire State (1987) - Marion
- Eat the Rich (1987) - Joanna
- A Handful of Dust (1988) - Milly
- Hannay (1989, TV Series) - Barbara Leigh
- Bergerac (1990, TV Series) - Julie Manton
- Chillers (1990)
- Portrait of a Marriage (1990, TV Mini-Series) - Violet Keppel Trefusis
- Soldier Soldier (1991, TV Series) - Laura Cadman
- Clarissa (1991, TV Series) - Mrs. Sinclair
- Agatha Christie's Poirot (1992) - Lady Horbury
- Desmond's (1993, TV Series) - Fiona
- Love on a Branch Line (1994, TV Mini-Series) - Chloe
- Thin Ice (1994) - Vandy
- Murder in Mind (1994, TV Movie) - Eileen
- The Choir (1995, TV Mini-Series) - Sally Ashworth
- Wycliffe (1995, TV Series) - Jane Hardy
- McCallum (1995, TV Series) - Claire Best
- Original Sin (1997, TV Mini-Series) - Claudia Etienne
- Déjà Vu (1997) - Fern's Masseuse
- Heat of the Sun (1998, TV Mini-Series) - Charlotte Elliott
- The Bill (1999, TV Series) - Ms. Spencer
- Table 12 (2001, TV Series) - Ali
- Shades (TV series) (2001) - Emily Thompson
- The Three Dumas (2007, Documentary) - Marchioness Davy De La Pailleterie
