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).
Photos
The Others
2001
Old Lady
Midsomer Murders
1997
Emily Simpson
Theatre of Blood
1973
Mrs. Maxwell
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
1961
Angela
Henry V
1944
Princess Katherine
Rasputin: The Mad Monk
1966
Tsarina
Grey Owl
1999
The Small Back Room
1949
A.T.S. corporal
Caesar and Cleopatra
1945
Iras (uncredited)
Lovejoy
1986
Baroness
The Way Ahead
1944
Marjorie Gillingham
Pool of London
1951
Sally
The Way to the Stars
1945
Iris Winterton
Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced
1985
Miss Bunner
The Magic Box
1952
Miss Tagg
Malta Story
1953
Joan Rivers
Once a Jolly Swagman
1949
Pat
Tenko
1981
Sylvia Ashburton
The Smashing Bird I Used to Know
1969
Anne Johnson
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
1987
(archive footage)