
Renée Asherson
Actress
Born: May 19, 1915 (99 years old)
Died: October 30, 2014
Place of birth: Kensington, London, England, UK
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).
Filmography (24)
- The Others (2001, ★ 7.6)
- Tenko (1981, ★ 8.1)
- Henry V (1944, ★ 6.7)
- Pool of London (1951, ★ 6.5)
- Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966, ★ 5.8)
- Theatre of Blood (1973, ★ 6.7)
- The Way Ahead (1944, ★ 6.5)
- The Small Back Room (1949, ★ 6.7)
- Midsomer Murders (1997, ★ 7.5)
- Malta Story (1953, ★ 5.9)
- Grey Owl (1999, ★ 5.6)
- The Magic Box (1952, ★ 6.4)
- Once a Jolly Swagman (1949, ★ 5.6)
- Time Is My Enemy (1954, ★ 6.4)
- The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961, ★ 6.8)
- Lovejoy (1986, ★ 7.3)
- Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced (1985, ★ 7.3)
- The Way to the Stars (1945, ★ 6.1)
- Memento Mori (1992, ★ 6.2)
- Caesar and Cleopatra (1945, ★ 6.2)
- Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood (1987, ★ 6.4)
- Screen Two (1985, ★ 6.8)
- The Smashing Bird I Used to Know (1969, ★ 4.4)
- Romance on the Orient Express (1985, ★ 5)