Renée Asherson

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).

Cast

The Others

Old Lady

Norbert Smith: A Life

Lady Norbert

Henry V

Princess Katherine

Pool of London

Sally

Rasputin: The Mad Monk

Tsarina

Theatre of Blood

Mrs. Maxwell

The Way Ahead

Marjorie Gillingham

Running Late

Old Lady

The Small Back Room

A.T.S. corporal

Malta Story

Joan Rivers

Miss Nightingale

Fanny Nightingale

Grey Owl

Unknown

The Magic Box

Miss Tagg

Once a Jolly Swagman

Pat

The Smashing Bird I Used to Know

Anne Johnson

Time Is My Enemy

Barbara Everton

Bed

Marjorie

Romance on the Orient Express

Beatrice

The Day the Earth Caught Fire

Angela

Harnessing Peacocks

Louisa Fox

The Way to the Stars

Iris Winterton

Life After Life

Rosie Treadwell

Edwin

Lady Margaret Truscott

Memento Mori

Charmian Colston

The Cure for Love

Milly Southern

Caesar and Cleopatra

Iras (uncredited)

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

(archive footage)

The Portland Millions

Miss Robinson

Quiet as a Nun

Mother Ancilla

Wind of Change

Lady Birt