Renée Asherson
Acting
Born: 1915-05-19 · Kensington, London, England, UK
Died: 2014-10-30
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).
🎬 Movies (30)
The Others
2001
Old Lady
Grey Owl
1999
Bed
1995
Marjorie
Harnessing Peacocks
1993
Louisa Fox
Running Late
1992
Old Lady
Memento Mori
1992
Charmian Colston
Life After Life
1990
Rosie Treadwell
Norbert Smith: A Life
1989
Lady Norbert
Tom's Midnight Garden
1989
Mrs Bartholomew
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
1987
(archive footage)
Romance on the Orient Express
1985
Beatrice
Edwin
1984
Lady Margaret Truscott
Quiet as a Nun
1978
Mother Ancilla
Wind of Change
1977
Lady Birt
The Portland Millions
1976
Miss Robinson
Miss Nightingale
1974
Fanny Nightingale
Theatre of Blood
1973
Mrs. Maxwell
An Aspidistra in Babylon
1973
Mother
The Smashing Bird I Used to Know
1969
Anne Johnson
Rasputin: The Mad Monk
1966
Tsarina
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
1961
Angela
Time Is My Enemy
1954
Barbara Everton
Malta Story
1953
Joan Rivers
The Magic Box
1952
Miss Tagg
Pool of London
1951
Sally
The Small Back Room
1949
A.T.S. corporal
Once a Jolly Swagman
1949
Pat
The Cure for Love
1949
Milly Southern
The Way to the Stars
1945
Iris Winterton
Caesar and Cleopatra
1945
Iras (uncredited)
📺 TV Shows (19)
Midsomer Murders
1997
Emily Simpson
Brighton Belles
1993
Diana
Performance
1991
Marjorie
Tom's Midnight Garden
1989
Mrs Bartholomew
Lovejoy
1986
Baroness
Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced
1985
Miss Bunner
Screen Two
1985
Charmian Colston
Time for Murder
1985
Helen, Lady Sibley
Love and Marriage
1984
Dame Ursula Ford
Tenko
1981
Sylvia Ashburton
A Man Called Intrepid
1979
Mrs. Wainwright
Disraeli
1978
Lady Bradford
Jubilee 1977
1977
Lady Maude Birt
Clayhanger
1976
Miss Gailey
Victorian Scandals
1976
Miss Robinson
Away from It All
1973
Evie
Country Matters
1972
Mother
Strange Report
1969
Miss Dalton
Sunday-Night Play
1960
Fay Driver