Renée Asherson
Acting
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).
Filmography 53
Movies (32)
The Others2001Old Lady
Grey Owl1999
Bed1995Marjorie
Harnessing Peacocks1993Louisa Fox
Running Late1992Old Lady
Memento Mori1992Charmian Colston
Life After Life1990Rosie Treadwell
Norbert Smith: A Life1989Lady Norbert
Tom's Midnight Garden1989Mrs Bartholomew
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood1987(archive footage)
Romance on the Orient Express1985Beatrice
Edwin1984Lady Margaret Truscott
Quiet as a Nun1978Mother Ancilla- Wind of Change1977Lady Birt
The Portland Millions1976Miss Robinson- Miss Nightingale1974Fanny Nightingale
Theatre of Blood1973Mrs. Maxwell- An Aspidistra in Babylon1973Mother
The Smashing Bird I Used to Know1969Anne Johnson
Rasputin: The Mad Monk1966Tsarina
The Day the Earth Caught Fire1961Angela
Time Is My Enemy1954Barbara Everton
Malta Story1953Joan Rivers
The Magic Box1952Miss Tagg
Pool of London1951Sally
The Cure for Love1949Milly Southern
The Small Back Room1949A.T.S. corporal
Once a Jolly Swagman1949Pat
Caesar and Cleopatra1945Iras (uncredited)
The Way to the Stars1945Iris Winterton
Shows (21)
Midsomer Murders1997Emily Simpson
Brighton Belles1993Diana
Performance1991Marjorie
Tom's Midnight Garden1989Mrs Bartholomew
Lovejoy1986Baroness
Time for Murder1985Helen, Lady Sibley
Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced1985Miss Bunner
Screen Two1985Charmian Colston- Love and Marriage1984Dame Ursula Ford
Tenko1981Sylvia Ashburton- Goodbye Darling1981Maude Ransome
A Man Called Intrepid1979Mrs. Wainwright
Disraeli1978Lady Bradford- Jubilee 19771977Lady Maude Birt
Victorian Scandals1976Miss Robinson
Clayhanger1976Miss Gailey- Away from It All1973Evie
Country Matters1972Mother
Strange Report1969Miss Dalton
Thirty-Minute Theatre1965Miss Parks- Sunday-Night Play1960Fay Driver