Cathryn Harrison

Cathryn Harrison

  • Birthday: 1959-05-25
  • Deathday: 2018-10-01
  • Place of birth: Marylebone, London, England

Biography

​Cathryn Mary Lee Harrison (born 29 May 1959) 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.

Filmography

Black Moon

1975

As Lily

Empire State

1987

As Marion

Images

1972

As Susannah

The Witches of Pendle

1976

As Alizon Device

Blue Fire Lady

1977

As Jenny

The Happy Valley

1987

As Helen Tapsell

Eat the Rich

1987

As Joanna

The Dresser

1983

As Irene

A Christmas Carol

1984

As Kate

Duet for One

1986

As Penny Smallwood

The Pied Piper

1972

As Lisa

A Handful of Dust

1988

As Milly

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