Actor
Renée Asherson
May 19, 1915 · Kensington, 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).
Notable work
Often works with
Leo Genn
4 titles together
Henry V, Caesar and Cleopatra, The Way Ahead
Jack Hawkins
3 titles together
Theatre of Blood, The Small Back Room, Malta Story
Stanley Holloway
3 titles together
Caesar and Cleopatra, The Way Ahead, The Way to the Stars
Bonar Colleano
3 titles together
Pool of London, The Way to the Stars, Once a Jolly Swagman
Eric Sykes
2 titles together
The Others, Theatre of Blood
Robert Morley
2 titles together
Theatre of Blood, The Small Back Room
Full filmography · 46
The Others
as Old Lady
20017.6
Grey Owl
cast
19995.7
Bed
as Marjorie
1995
Harnessing Peacocks
as Louisa Fox
1993
Running Late
as Old Lady
1992
Memento Mori
as Charmian Colston
1992
Life After Life
as Rosie Treadwell
1990
Norbert Smith: A Life
as Lady Norbert
1989
Tom's Midnight Garden
as Mrs Bartholomew
1989
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
as (archive footage)
1987
Romance on the Orient Express
as Beatrice
1985
Edwin
as Lady Margaret Truscott
1984