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).
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
The Others
as Old Lady
2001
Norbert Smith: A Life
as Lady Norbert
1989
Henry V
as Princess Katherine
1944
Pool of London
as Sally
1951
Rasputin: The Mad Monk
as Tsarina
1966
Theatre of Blood
as Mrs. Maxwell
1973
The Way Ahead
as Marjorie Gillingham
1944
Running Late
as Old Lady
1992
The Small Back Room
as A.T.S. corporal
1949
Malta Story
as Joan Rivers
1953
Miss Nightingale
as Fanny Nightingale
1974
Grey Owl
1999
The Magic Box
as Miss Tagg
1952
Once a Jolly Swagman
as Pat
1949
The Smashing Bird I Used to Know
as Anne Johnson
1969
Time Is My Enemy
as Barbara Everton
1954
Bed
as Marjorie
1995
Romance on the Orient Express
as Beatrice
1985
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
as Angela
1961
Harnessing Peacocks
as Louisa Fox
1993
TV Appearances
Tenko
as Sylvia Ashburton
1981
Lovejoy
as Baroness
1986
Disraeli
as Lady Bradford
1978
Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced
as Miss Bunner
1985
Midsomer Murders
as Emily Simpson
1997
Brighton Belles
as Diana
1993
Strange Report
as Miss Dalton
1969
Sunday-Night Play
as Fay Driver
1960
Screen Two
as Charmian Colston
1985
Performance
as Marjorie
1991
Clayhanger
as Miss Gailey
1976
A Man Called Intrepid
as Mrs. Wainwright
1979