
Renée Asherson
Acting
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
2001The Others
Old Lady
1999Grey Owl
1995Bed
Marjorie
1993Harnessing Peacocks
Louisa Fox
1992Running Late
Old Lady
1992Memento Mori
Charmian Colston
1990Life After Life
Rosie Treadwell
1989Norbert Smith: A Life
Lady Norbert
1989Tom's Midnight Garden
Mrs Bartholomew
1987Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
(archive footage)
1985Romance on the Orient Express
Beatrice
1984Edwin
Lady Margaret Truscott
1976The Portland Millions
Miss Robinson
1973Theatre of Blood
Mrs. Maxwell
1969The Smashing Bird I Used to Know
Anne Johnson
1966Rasputin: The Mad Monk
Tsarina
1961The Day the Earth Caught Fire
Angela
1954Time Is My Enemy
Barbara Everton
1953Malta Story
Joan Rivers
1952The Magic Box
Miss Tagg
1951Pool of London
Sally
1949The Small Back Room
A.T.S. corporal
1949Once a Jolly Swagman
Pat
1949The Cure for Love
Milly Southern