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Renée Asherson
British actress · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Lived 1915 to 2014 · aged 99
Dorothy Renée Ascherson, known professionally as Renée Asherson, was a British 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.
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The OthersFilm, Old Lady1997
Midsomer MurdersSeries, Emily Simpson1995
BedFilm, Marjorie1992
Memento MoriFilm, Charmian Colston1991
PerformanceSeries, Marjorie1989
Norbert Smith: A LifeFilm, Lady Norbert1987
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped BloodFilm, (archive footage)1986
LovejoySeries, Baroness1985
Miss Marple: A Murder Is AnnouncedSeries, Miss Bunner1984
EdwinFilm, Lady Margaret Truscott1981Goodbye DarlingSeries, Maude Ransome1978
DisraeliSeries, Lady Bradford1977Wind of ChangeFilm, Lady Birt1976
ClayhangerSeries, Miss Gailey1974Miss NightingaleFilm, Fanny Nightingale1973Away from It AllSeries, Evie1969
Strange ReportSeries, Miss Dalton
The Smashing Bird I Used to KnowFilm, 1969Anne Johnson1961
The Day the Earth Caught FireFilm, Angela1960Sunday-Night PlaySeries, Fay Driver1954
Time Is My EnemyFilm, Barbara Everton1952
The Magic BoxFilm, Miss Tagg1949
Once a Jolly SwagmanFilm, Pat1944
Henry VFilm, Princess Katherine1915Born19 May 1915People around Renée
Stanley Holloway Also in Caesar and Cleopatra and The Way Ahead
Leo Genn Also in Caesar and Cleopatra and The Magic Box- Bonar Colleano Also in The Way to the Stars (1945)
Laurence Olivier Produced Henry V (1944)
Richard Attenborough Produced Grey Owl (1999)
Jack Hawkins Also in The Small Back Room and Malta Story
John Laurie Also in Caesar and Cleopatra and Henry V
Thora Hird Also in Once a Jolly Swagman and The Magic Box
Ernest Thesiger Also in Caesar and Cleopatra and Henry V- Don Sharp Directed Rasputin, the Mad Monk (1966)
Felix Aylmer Also in Caesar and Cleopatra and Henry V
Charles Victor Also in Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)
Barbara Shelley Also in Rasputin, the Mad Monk (1966)
Francis Matthews Also in Rasputin, the Mad Monk (1966)- Sam Kydd Also in The Small Back Room and Malta Story
- Suzan Farmer Also in Rasputin, the Mad Monk (1966)
Peter Ustinov Also in The Magic Box (1952)
Jean Simmons Also in Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)
Cyril Cusack Also in Once a Jolly Swagman (1949)- Gabriel Pascal Produced Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)
Leslie Banks Also in Henry V and The Small Back Room
Jake Eberts Produced Grey Owl (1999)
Moray Watson Also in Norbert Smith - a Life (1989)- Alan Tilvern Also in Rasputin, the Mad Monk (1966)
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The Others 2001
The Day the Earth Caught Fire 1961
Theatre of Blood 1973
The Small Back Room 1949
Henry V 1944
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 32
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Television 21
About this person
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).
