Cathryn Harrison

Acting

Cathryn Harrison

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
May 25, 1959 (66 years old)
Death date
Oct 01, 2018

Cathryn Harrison

Known For

Original Sin
3 Episodes
DOLBY
TV Show 1997

Original Sin

Commander Adam Dalgliesh is consulted by one of his literary...

Love on a Branch Line
4 Episodes
DOLBY
TV Show 1994

Love on a Branch Line

Love on a Branch Line is a British television adaptation...

Clarissa
4 Episodes
DOLBY
TV Show 1991

Clarissa

Clarissa is a 1991 British period drama television miniseries starring...

Portrait of a Marriage
4 Episodes
DOLBY
TV Show 1990

Portrait of a Marriage

The remarkable true story of Edwardian writer Vita Sackville-West and...

The Happy Valley
1h 28m
DOLBY
Movie 1987

The Happy Valley

In 1940 Kenya as their country prepares for war, the...

Duet for One
1h 47m
DOLBY
Movie 1986

Duet for One

When Stephanie, a famous violinist, contracts multiple sclerosis her life...

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.