Renée Asherson
Acting
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).
Notable Works
Prominent titles featuring Renée Asherson
Filmography
Acting (32)
2001
The Othersas Old Lady
7.6
1999
5.7
1995
Bedas Marjorie
7.0
1993
Harnessing Peacocksas Louisa Fox
5.0
1992
Running Lateas Old Lady
9.0
1992
Memento Morias Charmian Colston
6.3
1990
Life After Lifeas Rosie Treadwell
1989
Norbert Smith: A Lifeas Lady Norbert
8.0
1989
Tom's Midnight Gardenas Mrs Bartholomew
8.4
1987
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Bloodas (archive footage)
6.4
1985
Romance on the Orient Expressas Beatrice
5.4
1984
Edwinas Lady Margaret Truscott
8.0
1978
Quiet as a Nunas Mother Ancilla
8.0
1977
Wind of Changeas Lady Birt
1976
The Portland Millionsas Miss Robinson
1974
Miss Nightingaleas Fanny Nightingale
1973
Theatre of Bloodas Mrs. Maxwell
6.7
1973
An Aspidistra in Babylonas Mother
1969
The Smashing Bird I Used to Knowas Anne Johnson
4.9
1966
Rasputin: The Mad Monkas Tsarina
5.9
1961
The Day the Earth Caught Fireas Angela
6.8
1954
Time Is My Enemyas Barbara Everton
6.5
1953
Malta Storyas Joan Rivers
6.3
1952
The Magic Boxas Miss Tagg
6.5
1951
Pool of Londonas Sally
6.6
1949
The Cure for Loveas Milly Southern
7.0
1949
The Small Back Roomas A.T.S. corporal
6.7
1949
Once a Jolly Swagmanas Pat
5.8
1945
Caesar and Cleopatraas Iras (uncredited)
6.2
1945
The Way to the Starsas Iris Winterton
6.0
1944
Henry Vas Princess Katherine
6.7
1944
The Way Aheadas Marjorie Gillingham
6.5