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Home/People/Cathryn Harrison
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Born
May 25, 1959Died: Oct 1, 2018
Lived 59 years
Place of Birth
Marylebone, London, England, UK
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female

Career Highlights

14
Movies
15
TV Shows
Also Known As
Cathryn Mary Lee Harrison
IMDb Profile

Cathryn Harrison

Acting

Biography
​Cathryn Mary Lee Harrison (25 May 1959 – October 2018) was an English actress. Cathryn was baptised on 27 September 1959 at St.John's Church,Hampstead,London,England. She is the daughter of the actor and singer Noel Harrison and Sara Lee Eberts and also the grand daughter of legendary actor Sir Rex Harrison.Her brother Simon Harrison is also an actor as well as her sister Harriet Harrison. She has a brother Will and a sister Chloe from her father's second marriage, and an older sister Zoe from her mother's first marriage to Carleton John Richard Tufnell. In May 1996 she married Paul Laing the son of Ronald David Laing and uses that name since then. Her most notable performances include Lily in Black Moon as well as many made-for-television movies including Portrait of a Marriage where she plays Violet Trefusis, Vita Sackville West's lesbian lover. She began her career in Robert Altman's Images and after two decades of low roles, started a career in British television and radio dramas. She appeared in Love on a Branch Line and an 1977 Australian film called Blue Fire Lady. She also appeared as Major Tom Cadman's wife in the ITV series Soldier Soldier, and played wardrobe assistant Irenie in the film version of Ronald Harwood's The Dresser. She died in 2018.
A Handful of Dust poster

A Handful of Dust

as Milly
1988
Eat the Rich poster

Eat the Rich

as Joanna
1987
The Happy Valley poster

The Happy Valley

as Helen Tapsell
1987
Empire State poster

Empire State

as Marion
1987
Duet for One poster

Duet for One

as Penny Smallwood
1986
A Christmas Carol poster

A Christmas Carol

as Kate
1984
The Dresser poster

The Dresser

as Irene
1983
The Telephone poster

The Telephone

Cast
1981
Liza poster

Liza

as Liza
1978
Blue Fire Lady poster

Blue Fire Lady

as Jenny
1977
The Witches of Pendle poster

The Witches of Pendle

as Alizon Device
1976
Black Moon poster

Black Moon

as Lily
1975
The Pied Piper poster

The Pied Piper

as Lisa
1972
Images poster

Images

as Susannah
1972