Renée Asherson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 19 May 1915 · Kensington, London, England, UK
- Died
- 30 October 2014
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
Acting 33
- 2001The Others as Old Lady
- 1999Grey Owl
- 1995Bed as Marjorie
- 1993Harnessing Peacocks as Louisa Fox
- 1992Running Late as Old Lady
- 1992Memento Mori as Charmian Colston
- 1990Life After Life as Rosie Treadwell
- 1989Norbert Smith: A Life as Lady Norbert
- 1989Tom's Midnight Garden as Mrs Bartholomew
- 1987Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood as (archive footage)
- 1985Romance on the Orient Express as Beatrice
- 1984Edwin as Lady Margaret Truscott
- 1979A Man Called Intrepid as Mrs. Wainwright
- 1978Quiet as a Nun as Mother Ancilla
- 1977Wind of Change as Lady Birt
- 1976The Portland Millions as Miss Robinson
- 1974Miss Nightingale as Fanny Nightingale
- 1973Theatre of Blood as Mrs. Maxwell
- 1973An Aspidistra in Babylon as Mother
- 1969The Smashing Bird I Used to Know as Anne Johnson
- 1966Rasputin: The Mad Monk as Tsarina
- 1961The Day the Earth Caught Fire as Angela
- 1954Time Is My Enemy as Barbara Everton
- 1953Malta Story as Joan Rivers
- 1952The Magic Box as Miss Tagg
- 1951Pool of London as Sally
- 1949The Cure for Love as Milly Southern
- 1949The Small Back Room as A.T.S. corporal
- 1949Once a Jolly Swagman as Pat
- 1945Caesar and Cleopatra as Iras (uncredited)
- 1945The Way to the Stars as Iris Winterton
- 1944Henry V as Princess Katherine
- 1944The Way Ahead as Marjorie Gillingham