Cathryn Mary Lee Harrison (born 29 May 1959) is an English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 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

Noel Harrison

Noel Harrison is an English Olympic athlete, actor and singer. He is the son of British actor Sir Rex Harrison.-Early life:...

 and Sara Lee Eberts and also the granddaughter 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

Violet Trefusis

Violet Trefusis née Keppel was an English writer and socialite. She is most notable for her lesbian affair with Vita Sackville-West, which was featured under disguise in Virginia Woolf's Orlando: A Biography....

, Vita Sackville West's lesbian lover. She began her career in Robert Altman

Robert Altman

Robert Bernard Altman was an American film director and screenwriter known for making films that are highly naturalistic, but with a stylized perspective. In 2006, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recognized his body of work with an Academy Honorary Award.His films MASH , McCabe and...

's Images

Images (film)

Images is a 1972 British-American psychological thriller film directed by Robert Altman.-Plot:Wealthy housewife and children's author Cathryn receives a series of disturbing and eerie phone calls in her home in London one dreary night...

and after two decades of low roles, started a career in British television and radio dramas. She appeared in Love on a Branch Line

Love on a Branch Line (TV series)

Love on a Branch Line is a British television adaptation of the 1959 novel Love on a Branch Line by John Hadfield. It was broadcast in 1994 airing on the BBC in four 50 minute episodes.-Cast:-Synopsis:...

and an 1977 Australian film called Blue Fire Lady. She also appeared as Major Tom Cadman's wife in the ITV series Soldier Soldier

Soldier Soldier

Soldier Soldier is a British television drama series. The title comes from a traditional song of the same name.Produced by Central Television and broadcast on the ITV network, it ran for a total of seven series and 82 episodes from 1991 to 1997...

, and played wardrobe assistant Irenie in the film version of Ronald Harwood

Ronald Harwood

Sir Ronald Harwood CBE is an author, playwright and screenwriter. He is most noted for his plays for the British stage as well as the screenplays for The Dresser and The Pianist, for which he won the 2003 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay...

's The Dresser

The Dresser

The Dresser is a 1983 film which tells the story of an aging actor's personal assistant, who struggles to keep his charge's life together. It is based on a screenplay by Ronald Harwood, in turn based on his successful 1980 West End and Broadway play of the same name.The film was directed by Peter...

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Filmography

• "Table 12" (2001)
• "The Bill" (1999)
• "Heat of the Sun" (1998)
• "Déjà Vu"(1997)
• "Original Sin" (1997) (TV)
• "McCallum" (1995)
• "Wycliffe" (1995)
• Thin Ice (1995)
• "The Choir" (1995)
• "Love on a Branch Line" (1994)
• Murder in Mind (1994)
• "Desmond's" (1993)
• "Agatha Christie: Poirot" (1992)
• "Soldier Soldier" (1991)
• Clarissa (1991)
• Portrait of a Marriage (1990) (TV)
• "Chillers" (1990)
• "Bergerac" (1990)
• "Hannay"(1989)
• A Handful of Dust (1988)
• The Happy Valley (1987)
• Empire State (1987)
• Eat the Rich (1987)
• Duet for One (1986)
• "Robin of Sherwood" (1986)
• A Christmas Carol (1984)
• The Dresser (1983)
• "Maybury" (1983)
• "The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby" (1982)
• "Wuthering Heights" (1978)
• "Return of the Saint" (1978)
• Blue Fire Lady (1977)
• "Romance"(1977)
• The Witches of Pendle (1977)
• Moths (1977)
• Black Moon (1975)
• Images (1972)
• The Pied Piper
  The Pied Piper (1972 film)
  The Pied Piper is a 1972 British-American directed by Jacques Demy and starring Jack Wild, Donald Pleasence and John Hurt and featuring Donovan and Diana Dors. It is loosely based on the legend of the Pied Piper.-Cast:* Donovan ... The Piper...
  
   (1972)

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