Portrait of Renée Asherson

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).

Born: May 19, 1915

Place of Birth: Kensington, London, England, UK

Filmography

2001
The Others

as Old Lady

1997
Midsomer Murders

as Emily Simpson

1995
Bed

as Marjorie

1993
Harnessing Peacocks

as Louisa Fox

1993
1992
Running Late

as Old Lady

1992
Memento Mori

as Charmian Colston

1991
Performance

as Marjorie

1990
Life After Life

as Rosie Treadwell

1989
Norbert Smith: A Life

as Lady Norbert

1989
Tom's Midnight Garden

as Mrs. Bartholemew

1986
Lovejoy

as Baroness

1985
Time for Murder

as Helen, Lady Sibley

1985
Screen Two

as Charmian Colston

1984
Edwin

as Lady Margaret Truscott

1981
Tenko

as Sylvia Ashburton

1979
A Man Called Intrepid

as Mrs. Wainwright

1978
Disraeli

as Lady Bradford

1976
The Portland Millions

as Miss Robinson

1976
Clayhanger

as Miss Gailey

1973
Theatre of Blood

as Mrs. Maxwell

1969
Strange Report

as Miss Dalton

1954
Time Is My Enemy

as Barbara Everton

1953
Malta Story

as Joan Rivers

1952
The Magic Box

as Miss Tagg

1951
1949
The Cure for Love

as Milly Southern

1949
The Small Back Room

as A.T.S. corporal

1945
Caesar and Cleopatra

as Iras (uncredited)

1945
The Way to the Stars

as Iris Winterton

1944
Henry V

as Princess Katherine

1944
The Way Ahead

as Marjorie Gillingham