Cathryn Harrison

Cathryn Harrison
Harrison aged 16 in Black Moon (1975)
Born
Cathryn Mary Lee Harrison

(1959-05-25)25 May 1959
London, England
DiedOctober 2018(2018-10-00) (aged 59)
Plymouth, Devon, England
Years active1972–2015
Spouse
Paul Laing
​
(m. 1996)​
FatherNoel Harrison
RelativesRex Harrison (paternal grandfather)

Cathryn Mary Lee Harrison (25 May 1959 – October 2018) 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

In 1972, Harrison began her career aged 13, in Robert Altman's film Images (1972). At aged 16, she performed the role of Lily in Louis Malle's experimental fantasy horror film Black Moon (1975). She played Violet Trefusis, Vita Sackville West's lesbian lover in Portrait of a Marriage (1990).

She worked in British television and radio dramas, appearing in Love on a Branch Line (1994). She appeared opposite Robert Powell in an episode of Hannay (1989),; and a 1977 Australian film called Blue Fire Lady (1977). She also appeared as Major Tom Cadman's wife in the ITV series Soldier Soldier (1991), she played assistant stage manager Irene in the Ronald Harwood written film The Dresser (1983).

Death

Cathryn Harrison died in October 2018.

Films and television

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Cathryn Mary Lee Harrison - National Portrait Gallery". www.npg.org.uk.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Cathryn Harrison Credits". tvguide.com. Retrieved 1 May 2026.