Renée Asherson

Renée Asherson

Acting

Birthday

1915/05/19

Day of death

2014/10/30 (99 years old)

Gender

Female

Place of Birth

Kensington, London, England, UK

Also know as

Рене Эшерсон, Dorothy Renée Ascherson

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).

Acting
The Others
7.6

(2001) The Others

as Old Lady

Norbert Smith: A Life
7.0

(1989) Norbert Smith: A Life

as Lady Norbert

The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fifth with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France
6.6

(1944) Henry V

as Princess Katherine

Pool of London
6.5

(1951) Pool of London

as Sally

Rasputin: The Mad Monk
5.8

(1966) Rasputin: The Mad Monk

as Tsarina

Theatre of Blood
6.7

(1973) Theatre of Blood

as Mrs. Maxwell

The Way Ahead
6.5

(1944) The Way Ahead

as Marjorie Gillingham

Running Late
0.0

(1992) Running Late

as Old Lady

The Small Back Room
6.7

(1949) The Small Back Room

as A.T.S. corporal

Malta Story
5.9

(1953) Malta Story

as Joan Rivers

0.0

(1974) Miss Nightingale

as Fanny Nightingale

Grey Owl
5.6

(1999) Grey Owl

as ---

The Magic Box
6.4

(1952) The Magic Box

as Miss Tagg

Once a Jolly Swagman
5.4

(1949) Once a Jolly Swagman

as Pat

The Smashing Bird I Used to Know
4.4

(1969) The Smashing Bird I Used to Know

as Anne Johnson

Time Is My Enemy
6.4

(1954) Time Is My Enemy

as Barbara Everton

Bed
0.0

(1995) Bed

as Marjorie

Romance on the Orient Express
5.0

(1985) Romance on the Orient Express

as Beatrice

The Day the Earth Caught Fire
6.8

(1961) The Day the Earth Caught Fire

as Angela

Harnessing Peacocks
3.7

(1993) Harnessing Peacocks

as Louisa Fox

The Way to the Stars
6.0

(1945) The Way to the Stars

as Iris Winterton

Life After Life
0.0

(1990) Life After Life

as Rosie Treadwell

Edwin
8.0

(1984) Edwin

as Lady Margaret Truscott

Memento Mori
6.2

(1992) Memento Mori

as Charmian Colston

The Cure for Love
6.0

(1949) The Cure for Love

as Milly Southern

Caesar and Cleopatra
6.2

(1945) Caesar and Cleopatra

as Iras (uncredited)

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
6.4

(1987) Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

as (archive footage)

The Portland Millions
0.0

(1976) The Portland Millions

as Miss Robinson

0.0

(1978) Quiet as a Nun

as Mother Ancilla

0.0

(1977) Wind of Change

as Lady Birt

Tenko
8.1

(1981) Tenko

as Sylvia Ashburton

Lovejoy
7.3

(1986) Lovejoy

as Baroness

Disraeli
7.2

(1978) Disraeli

as Lady Bradford

Tom's Midnight Garden
6.0

(1989) Tom's Midnight Garden

as Mrs. Bartholemew

Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced
7.2

(1985) Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced

as Miss Bunner

Midsomer Murders
7.5

(1997) Midsomer Murders

as Emily Simpson

Time for Murder
4.0

(1985) Time for Murder

as Helen, Lady Sibley

Brighton Belles
3.3

(1993) Brighton Belles

as Diana

0.0

(1976) Victorian Scandals

as Miss Robinson

Strange Report
6.5

(1969) Strange Report

as Miss Dalton

0.0

(1960) Sunday-Night Play

as Fay Driver

Screen Two
6.8

(1985) Screen Two

as Charmian Colston

Performance
6.0

(1991) Performance

as Marjorie

Clayhanger
5.0

(1976) Clayhanger

as Miss Gailey

A Man Called Intrepid
0.0

(1979) A Man Called Intrepid

as Mrs. Wainwright