Renée Asherson
Actor
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
Theatre of Blood
as Mrs. Maxwell 1973
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
as Angela 1961
Henry V
as Princess Katherine 1944
Rasputin: The Mad Monk
as Tsarina 1966
Grey Owl
1999
The Small Back Room
as A.T.S. corporal 1949
Caesar and Cleopatra
as Iras (uncredited) 1945
The Way Ahead
as Marjorie Gillingham 1944
Pool of London
as Sally 1951
The Way to the Stars
as Iris Winterton 1945
The Magic Box
as Miss Tagg 1952
Malta Story
as Joan Rivers 1953
Once a Jolly Swagman
as Pat 1949
The Smashing Bird I Used to Know
as Anne Johnson 1969
Time Is My Enemy
as Barbara Everton 1954
Romance on the Orient Express
as Beatrice 1985