Renée Asherson
Known for ActingBorn 1915-05-19 — died 2014-10-30Kensington, 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 was in The Others (2001).
Known for
The Others
2001 · as Old Lady
Grey Owl
1999
Caesar and Cleopatra
1945 · as Iras (uncredited)
Theatre of Blood
1973 · as Mrs. Maxwell
The Way Ahead
1944 · as Marjorie Gillingham
Bed
1995 · as Marjorie
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
1987 · as (archive footage)
The Small Back Room
1949 · as A.T.S. corporal
Memento Mori
1992 · as Charmian Colston
Henry V
1944 · as Princess Katherine
The Magic Box
1952 · as Miss Tagg
Malta Story
1953 · as Joan Rivers
Edwin
1984 · as Lady Margaret Truscott
Rasputin: The Mad Monk
1966 · as Tsarina
The Smashing Bird I Used to Know
1969 · as Anne Johnson
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
1961 · as Angela
Running Late
1992 · as Old Lady
The Way to the Stars
1945 · as Iris Winterton