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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
May 19, 1915
Place of Birth:
Kensington, London, England, UK
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Renée Asherson
Biography
Dorothy Renée Ascherson, known professionally as Renée Asherson, was an English actress. Much of her theatrical career was spent in Shakespearean plays, appearing at such venues as the Old Vic, the Liverpool Playhouse, and the Westminster Theatre. Her first stage appearance was on 17 October 1935, aged 20, and her first major film appearance was in The Way Ahead (1944). Her last film appearance was in The Others (2001).
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | The Others | Old Lady |
| 1999 | Grey Owl | |
| 1995 | Bed | Marjorie |
| 1993 | Harnessing Peacocks | Louisa Fox |
| 1992 | Running Late | Old Lady |
| 1992 | Memento Mori | Charmian Colston |
| 1990 | Life After Life | Rosie Treadwell |
| 1989 | Sir Norbert Smith: A Life | Lady Norbert |
| 1987 | Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood | (archive footage) |
| 1985 | Romance on the Orient Express | Beatrice |
| 1984 | Edwin | Lady Margaret Truscott |
| 1979 | A Man Called Intrepid | Mrs. Wainwright |
| 1976 | The Portland Millions | Miss Robinson |
| 1974 | Miss Nightingale | Fanny Nightingale |
| 1973 | Theatre of Blood | Mrs. Maxwell |
| 1969 | The Smashing Bird I Used to Know | Anne Johnson |
| 1966 | Rasputin: The Mad Monk | Tsarina |
| 1961 | The Day the Earth Caught Fire | Angela |
| 1954 | Time Is My Enemy | Barbara Everton |
| 1953 | Malta Story | Joan Rivers |
| 1952 | The Magic Box | Miss Tagg |
| 1951 | Pool of London | Sally |
| 1949 | The Small Back Room | A.T.S. corporal |
| 1949 | Once a Jolly Swagman | Pat |
| 1949 | The Cure for Love | Milly Southern |
| 1945 | The Way to the Stars | Iris Winterton |
| 1945 | Caesar and Cleopatra | Iras (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Henry V | Princess Katherine |
| 1944 | The Way Ahead | Marjorie Gillingham |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Emily Simpson |
| 1993 | Brighton Belles | Diana |
| 1989 | Tom's Midnight Garden | Mrs. Bartholemew |
| 1986 | Lovejoy | Baroness |
| 1985 | Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced | Miss Bunner |
| 1985 | Time for Murder | Helen, Lady Sibley |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Charmian Colston |
| 1981 | Tenko | Sylvia Ashburton |
| 1978 | Disraeli | Lady Bradford |
| 1976 | Victorian Scandals | Miss Robinson |
| 1969 | Strange Report | Miss Dalton |
| 1960 | Sunday-Night Play | Fay Driver |