Cathryn Harrison


Cathryn Mary Lee Harrison was an English actress.

Early life

Harrison was the daughter of the actor and singer Noel Harrison and Sara Lee Eberts, and the granddaughter of actor Sir Rex Harrison.

Career

Harrison began her career with Robert Altman's film Images in 1972. Her later performances included the role of Lily in Black Moon, Louis Malle's first film in English, as well as many television programmes including Portrait of a Marriage in which she played Violet Trefusis, Vita Sackville West's lesbian lover.
She worked in British television and radio dramas, appearing in Love on a Branch Line; a 1989 episode of Hannay, opposite Robert Powell; and a 1977 Australian film called Blue Fire Lady. She also appeared as Major Tom Cadman's wife in the ITV series Soldier Soldier, she played assistant stage manager Irene in the film version of Ronald Harwood's The Dresser and her final film was The Three Dumas where she played as Marchioness Davy De La Pailleterie.

Death

Cathryn Harrison died in October 2018.

Films and television

Images - SusannahThe Pied Piper - LisaBlack Moon - LilyRomance - VereBlue Fire Lady - JennyThe Witches of Pendle - Alizon DeviceMoths - VereReturn of the Saint - SallyWuthering Heights - Catherine LintonThe Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby - Tilda Price / Henrietta PetowkerMaybury - JoannaThe Dresser - IreneA Christmas Carol - KateRobin of Sherwood - IsadoraThe Happy Valley - Helen TapsellDuet for One - Penny SmallwoodEmpire State - MarionEat the Rich - JoannaA Handful of Dust - MillyHannay - Barbara LeighBergerac - Julie MantonChillers Portrait of a Marriage - Violet Keppel TrefusisSoldier Soldier - Laura CadmanClarissa - Mrs. SinclairAgatha Christie's Poirot - Lady HorburyDesmond's - FionaLove on a Branch Line - ChloeThin Ice - VandyMurder in Mind - EileenThe Choir - Sally AshworthWycliffe - Jane HardyMcCallum - Claire BestOriginal Sin - Claudia EtienneDéjà Vu - Fern's MasseuseHeat of the Sun - Charlotte ElliottThe Bill - Ms. SpencerTable 12 - Ali