Cathryn Harrison

Cathryn Mary Lee Harrison (25 May 1959 – 1 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
Harrison began her career with Robert Altman's film Images in 1972. Her later performances included the role of Lily in Black Moon (1975), Louis Malle's first film in English, as well as many television programmes including Portrait of a Marriage (1990) 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, and played assistant stage manager Irene in the film version of Ronald Harwood's The Dresser.

Films and television

 * Images (1972) - Susannah
 * The Pied Piper (1972) - Lisa
 * Black Moon (1975) - Lily
 * Romance (1977, TV Series) - Vere
 * Blue Fire Lady (1977) - Jenny
 * The Witches of Pendle (1977, TV Movie) - Alizon Device
 * Moths (1977, TV Movie) - Vere
 * Return of the Saint (1978, TV Series) - Sally
 * Wuthering Heights (1978, TV Mini-Series) - Catherine Linton
 * The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1982, TV Mini-Series) - Tilda Price / Henrietta Petowker
 * Maybury (1983, TV Series) - Joanna
 * The Dresser (1983) - Irene
 * A Christmas Carol (1984, TV Movie) - Kate
 * Robin of Sherwood (1986, TV Series) - Isadora
 * The Happy Valley (1986, TV Movie) - Helen Tapsell
 * Duet for One (1986) - Penny Smallwood
 * Empire State (1987) - Marion
 * Eat the Rich (1987) - Joanna
 * A Handful of Dust (1988) - Milly
 * Hannay (1989, TV Series) - Barbara Leigh
 * Bergerac (1990, TV Series) - Julie Manton
 * Chillers (1990)
 * Portrait of a Marriage (1990, TV Mini-Series) - Violet Keppel Trefusis
 * Soldier Soldier (1991, TV Series) - Laura Cadman
 * Clarissa (1991, TV Series) - Mrs. Sinclair
 * Agatha Christie's Poirot (1992) - Lady Horbury
 * Desmond's (1993, TV Series) - Fiona
 * Love on a Branch Line (1994, TV Mini-Series) - Chloe
 * Thin Ice (1994) - Vandy
 * Murder in Mind (1994, TV Movie) - Eileen
 * The Choir (1995, TV Mini-Series) - Sally Ashworth
 * Wycliffe (1995, TV Series) - Jane Hardy
 * McCallum (1995, TV Series) - Claire Best
 * Original Sin (1997, TV Mini-Series) - Claudia Etienne
 * Déjà Vu (1997) - Fern's Masseuse
 * Heat of the Sun (1998, TV Mini-Series) - Charlotte Elliott
 * The Bill (1999, TV Series) - Ms. Spencer
 * Table 12 (2001, TV Series) - Ali