Renée Asherson

Known for acting · Born 19 May 1915 · Died 30 October 2014 · aged 99 · Kensington, London, England, UK

53 credits

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

Henry V

1944

The Others

2001

Pool of London

1951

The Smashing Bird I Used to Know

1969

The Way to the Stars

1945

Romance on the Orient Express

1985

Time Is My Enemy

1954

The Day the Earth Caught Fire

1961

The Magic Box

1952

Malta Story

1953

Tenko

1981

Memento Mori

1992

Acting (53)

2001The OthersOld LadyFilm

1999Grey OwlFilm

1997Midsomer MurdersEmily SimpsonSeries

1995BedMarjorieFilm

1993Harnessing PeacocksLouisa FoxFilm

1993Brighton BellesDianaSeries

1992Memento MoriCharmian ColstonFilm

1992Running LateOld LadyFilm

1991PerformanceMarjorieSeries

1990Life After LifeRosie TreadwellFilm

1989Tom's Midnight GardenMrs BartholomewFilm

1989Norbert Smith: A LifeLady NorbertFilm

1989Tom's Midnight GardenMrs Bartholomew · 4 episodesSeries

1987Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood(archive footage)Film

1986LovejoyBaronessSeries

1985Miss Marple: A Murder Is AnnouncedMiss Bunner · 2 episodesSeries

1985Romance on the Orient ExpressBeatriceFilm

1985Screen TwoCharmian ColstonSeries

1985Time for MurderHelen, Lady SibleySeries

1984EdwinLady Margaret TruscottFilm

1984Love and MarriageDame Ursula FordSeries

1981TenkoSylvia Ashburton · 8 episodesSeries

1981Goodbye DarlingMaude Ransome · 8 episodesSeries

1979A Man Called IntrepidMrs. Wainwright · 3 episodesSeries

1978DisraeliLady BradfordSeries

1978Quiet as a NunMother AncillaFilm

1977Wind of ChangeLady BirtFilm

1977Jubilee 1977Lady Maude BirtSeries

1976ClayhangerMiss Gailey · 7 episodesSeries

1976Victorian ScandalsMiss RobinsonSeries

1976The Portland MillionsMiss RobinsonFilm

1974Miss NightingaleFanny NightingaleFilm

1973Theatre of BloodMrs. MaxwellFilm

1973An Aspidistra in BabylonMotherFilm

1973Away from It AllEvieSeries

1972Country MattersMotherSeries

1969The Smashing Bird I Used to KnowAnne JohnsonFilm

1969Strange ReportMiss DaltonSeries

1966Rasputin: The Mad MonkTsarinaFilm

1965Thirty-Minute TheatreMiss ParksSeries

1961The Day the Earth Caught FireAngelaFilm

1960Sunday-Night PlayFay DriverSeries

1954Time Is My EnemyBarbara EvertonFilm

1953Malta StoryJoan RiversFilm

1952The Magic BoxMiss TaggFilm

1951Pool of LondonSallyFilm

1949The Small Back RoomA.T.S. corporalFilm

1949Once a Jolly SwagmanPatFilm

1949The Cure for LoveMilly SouthernFilm

1945Caesar and CleopatraIras (uncredited)Film

1945The Way to the StarsIris WintertonFilm

1944Henry VPrincess KatherineFilm

1944The Way AheadMarjorie GillinghamFilm