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name: "Cathryn Harrison"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/cathryn-harrison"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "25 May 1959"
died: "1 October 2018"
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average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T06:27:19.552119+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Cathryn Harrison

Actor. Born 25 May 1959 in Marylebone, London, England, UK. Died 1 October 2018.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 25 May 1959, Marylebone, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 1 October 2018
- **Also known as:** Cathryn Mary Lee Harrison
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathryn_Harrison, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5053361, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0365518/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/136835

## Biography

Cathryn Harrison was an English actress. Born Cathryn Mary Lee Harrison on 25 May 1959 in London, she began her career as a teenager in Robert Altman's *Images* (1972). She played Lily in Louis Malle's *Black Moon* (1975) and Irene in *The Dresser* (1983).

Harrison appeared in several British television productions, including *Robin of Sherwood* (1984) as Isadora, *A Christmas Carol* (1984) as Kate, and *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989) as Cecily, Lady Horbury. She also featured in *A Handful of Dust* (1988) and the miniseries *Portrait of a Marriage* (1990).

She was the daughter of actor and singer Noel Harrison and the granddaughter of Sir Rex Harrison. In 1996 she married Paul Laing; she died in October 2018 in Plymouth, Devon.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, themoviedb.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Dresser* (1983), Fi1m 80, as Irene — [page](https://film.one/film/the-dresser.md)

## Complete filmography (31)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Original Sin* (1997), series, as Claudia Etienne
- *Wycliffe* (1994), series, as Jane Hardy
- *Love on a Branch Line* (1994), series, as Chloe Flamborough
- *Clarissa* (1991), series, Actor
- *Soldier Soldier* (1991), series, as Laura Cadman
- *Portrait of a Marriage* (1990), series, as Violet Keppel
- *Chillers* (1990), series, as Mary
- *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), series, as Cecily, Lady Horbury
- *A Handful of Dust* (1988), as Milly
- *Hannay* (1988), series, Actor
- *Eat the Rich* (1987), as Joanna
- *The Happy Valley* (1987), as Helen Tapsell
- *Empire State* (1987), as Marion
- *Duet for One* (1986), as Penny Smallwood
- *A Christmas Carol* (1984), as Kate
- *Robin of Sherwood* (1984), series, as Isadora
- *The Dresser* (1983), as Irene — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-dresser.md)
- *The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby* (1982), series, Actor
- *Bergerac* (1981), series, as Julie Manton
- *The Telephone* (1981), Actor
- *Wuthering Heights* (1978), series, as Catherine Linton
- *Return of the Saint* (1978), series, as Sally
- *Liza* (1978), as Liza
- *Blue Fire Lady* (1977), as Jenny
- *BBC2 Play of the Week* (1977), series, as Liza
- *Romance* (1977), series, as Vera Herbert
- *The Witches of Pendle* (1976), as Alizon Device
- *Black Moon* (1975), as Lily
- *The Pied Piper* (1972), as Lisa
- *Images* (1972), as Susannah
- *ITV Saturday Night Theatre* (1969), series, as Angela

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