Renée Asherson

Personal Info

Birthday

May 19, 1915

Day of Death

2014-10-30

(99 years old)

Place of Birth

Kensington, London, England, UK

Also Known As

Рене Эшерсон

Dorothy Renée Ascherson

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).

Known For

Midsomer Murders

Performance

Sunday-Night Play

Screen Two

The Others

Tenko

Lovejoy

Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced

Filmography

2001
The Others
as Old Lady
1995
Bed
as Marjorie
1993
Harnessing Peacocks
as Louisa Fox
1992
Running Late
as Old Lady
Memento Mori
as Charmian Colston
1990
Life After Life
as Rosie Treadwell
1989
Norbert Smith: A Life
as Lady Norbert
1987
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
as (archive footage)
1985
Romance on the Orient Express
as Beatrice
1984
Edwin
as Lady Margaret Truscott
1979
A Man Called Intrepid
as Mrs. Wainwright
1978
Quiet as a Nun
as Mother Ancilla
1976
The Portland Millions
as Miss Robinson
1974
Miss Nightingale
as Fanny Nightingale
1973
Theatre of Blood
as Mrs. Maxwell
1969
The Smashing Bird I Used to Know
as Anne Johnson
1966
Rasputin: The Mad Monk
as Tsarina
1961
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
as Angela
1954
Time Is My Enemy
as Barbara Everton
1953
Malta Story
as Joan Rivers
1952
The Magic Box
as Miss Tagg
1951
Pool of London
as Sally
1949
The Cure for Love
as Milly Southern
The Small Back Room
as A.T.S. corporal
Once a Jolly Swagman
as Pat
1945
Caesar and Cleopatra
as Iras (uncredited)
The Way to the Stars
as Iris Winterton
1944
Henry V
as Princess Katherine
The Way Ahead
as Marjorie Gillingham