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).
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Acting History
2001
The Others as Old Lady
1999Grey Owl
1997Midsomer Murders as Emily Simpson
1995Bed as Marjorie
1993Harnessing Peacocks as Louisa Fox
1993Brighton Belles as Diana
1992Running Late as Old Lady
1992Memento Mori as Charmian Colston
1991Performance as Marjorie
1990Life After Life as Rosie Treadwell
1989Norbert Smith: A Life as Lady Norbert
1989Tom's Midnight Garden as Mrs. Bartholemew
1987Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood as (archive footage)
1986Lovejoy as Baroness
1985Time for Murder as Helen, Lady Sibley
1985Romance on the Orient Express as Beatrice
1985Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced as Miss Bunner
1985Screen Two as Charmian Colston
1984Edwin as Lady Margaret Truscott
1981Tenko as Sylvia Ashburton
1979A Man Called Intrepid as Mrs. Wainwright
1978Disraeli as Lady Bradford
1978Quiet as a Nun as Mother Ancilla
1977Wind of Change as Lady Birt
1976The Portland Millions as Miss Robinson
1976Victorian Scandals as Miss Robinson
1976Clayhanger as Miss Gailey
1974Miss Nightingale as Fanny Nightingale
1973Theatre of Blood as Mrs. Maxwell
1969Strange Report as Miss Dalton
1969The Smashing Bird I Used to Know as Anne Johnson
1966Rasputin: The Mad Monk as Tsarina
1961The Day the Earth Caught Fire as Angela
1960Sunday-Night Play as Fay Driver
1954Time Is My Enemy as Barbara Everton
1953Malta Story as Joan Rivers
1952The Magic Box as Miss Tagg
1951Pool of London as Sally
1949The Cure for Love as Milly Southern
1949The Small Back Room as A.T.S. corporal
1949Once a Jolly Swagman as Pat
1945Caesar and Cleopatra as Iras (uncredited)
1945The Way to the Stars as Iris Winterton
1944Henry V as Princess Katherine
1944The Way Ahead as Marjorie Gillingham