Renée Asherson

Actor

Born: May 19, 1915
Died: October 30, 2014 (age 99)
From: Kensington, London, England, UK

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…

Filmography (32)

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
Wind of Change (1977)
Lady Birt
The Portland Millions (1976)
Miss Robinson
Miss Nightingale
Miss Nightingale (1974)
Fanny Nightingale
Theatre of Blood (1973)
Mrs. Maxwell
An Aspidistra in Babylon
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 Cure for Love (1949)
Milly Southern
The Small Back Room (1949)
A.T.S. corporal
Once a Jolly Swagman (1949)
Pat
Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)
Iras (uncredited)
The Way to the Stars (1945)
Iris Winterton