Renée Asherson
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
May 19, 1915 (111 years old)
Place of Birth
Kensington, London, England, UK
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).
Known For
| 2001 | The OthersOld Lady | |
| 1999 | Grey Owl | |
| 1997 | Midsomer MurdersEmily Simpson | |
| 1995 | BedMarjorie | |
| 1993 | Harnessing PeacocksLouisa Fox | |
| 1993 | Brighton BellesDiana | |
| 1992 | Running LateOld Lady | |
| 1992 | Memento MoriCharmian Colston | |
| 1991 | PerformanceMarjorie | |
| 1990 | Life After LifeRosie Treadwell | |
| 1989 | Norbert Smith: A LifeLady Norbert | |
| 1989 | Tom's Midnight GardenMrs Bartholomew | |
| 1989 | Tom's Midnight GardenMrs Bartholomew | |
| 1987 | Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood(archive footage) | |
| 1986 | LovejoyBaroness | |
| 1985 | Romance on the Orient ExpressBeatrice | |
| 1985 | Miss Marple: A Murder Is AnnouncedMiss Bunner | |
| 1985 | Screen TwoCharmian Colston | |
| 1985 | Time for MurderHelen, Lady Sibley | |
| 1984 | EdwinLady Margaret Truscott | |
| 1984 | Love and MarriageDame Ursula Ford | |
| 1981 | TenkoSylvia Ashburton | |
| 1979 | A Man Called IntrepidMrs. Wainwright | |
| 1978 | Quiet as a NunMother Ancilla | |
| 1978 | DisraeliLady Bradford | |
| 1977 | Wind of ChangeLady Birt | |
| 1977 | Jubilee 1977Lady Maude Birt | |
| 1976 | The Portland MillionsMiss Robinson | |
| 1976 | ClayhangerMiss Gailey | |
| 1976 | Victorian ScandalsMiss Robinson | |
| 1974 | Miss NightingaleFanny Nightingale | |
| 1973 | Theatre of BloodMrs. Maxwell | |
| 1973 | An Aspidistra in BabylonMother | |
| 1972 | Country MattersMother | |
| 1969 | The Smashing Bird I Used to KnowAnne Johnson | |
| 1969 | Strange ReportMiss Dalton | |
| 1966 | Rasputin: The Mad MonkTsarina | |
| 1961 | The Day the Earth Caught FireAngela | |
| 1960 | Sunday-Night PlayFay Driver | |
| 1954 | Time Is My EnemyBarbara Everton | |
| 1953 | Malta StoryJoan Rivers | |
| 1952 | The Magic BoxMiss Tagg | |
| 1951 | Pool of LondonSally | |
| 1949 | The Small Back RoomA.T.S. corporal | |
| 1949 | Once a Jolly SwagmanPat | |
| 1949 | The Cure for LoveMilly Southern | |
| 1945 | The Way to the StarsIris Winterton | |
| 1945 | Caesar and CleopatraIras (uncredited) | |
| 1944 | Henry VPrincess Katherine | |
| 1944 | The Way AheadMarjorie Gillingham |