Renée Asherson

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Renée Asherson

Acting May 19, 1915

Kensington, London, England, UK

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 a…

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The Others

The Others

7.6 2001 Movie
Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

7.5 1997 TV Show
Screen Two

Screen Two

7.1 1985 TV Show
Theatre of Blood

Theatre of Blood

6.7 1973 Movie
Performance

Performance

6.3 1991 TV Show
Thirty-Minute Theatre

Thirty-Minute Theatre

4.3 1965 TV Show
The Day the Earth Caught Fire

The Day the Earth Caught Fire

6.8 1961 Movie
Lovejoy

Lovejoy

7.4 1986 TV Show
Henry V

Henry V

6.7 1944 Movie
Grey Owl

Grey Owl

5.7 1999 Movie
Rasputin: The Mad Monk

Rasputin: The Mad Monk

5.9 1966 Movie
The Small Back Room

The Small Back Room

6.7 1949 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2001
    The Others

    Movie Old Lady

  2. 1999
    Grey Owl

    Movie

  3. 1997
    Midsomer Murders

    TV show Emily Simpson

  4. 1995
    Bed

    Movie Marjorie

  5. 1993
    Harnessing Peacocks

    Movie Louisa Fox

  6. 1993
    Brighton Belles

    TV show Diana

  7. 1992
    Running Late

    Movie Old Lady

  8. 1992
    Memento Mori

    Movie Charmian Colston

  9. 1991
    Performance

    TV show Marjorie

  10. 1990
    Life After Life

    Movie Rosie Treadwell

  11. 1989
    Norbert Smith: A Life

    Movie Lady Norbert

  12. 1989
    Tom's Midnight Garden

    TV show Mrs Bartholomew

  13. 1989
    Tom's Midnight Garden

    Movie Mrs Bartholomew

  14. 1987
    Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

    Movie (archive footage)

  15. 1986
    Lovejoy

    TV show Baroness

  16. 1985
    Time for Murder

    TV show Helen, Lady Sibley

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  1. 1985
    Romance on the Orient Express

    Movie Beatrice

  2. 1985
    Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced

    TV show Miss Bunner

  3. 1985
    Screen Two

    TV show Charmian Colston

  4. 1984
    Love and Marriage

    TV show Dame Ursula Ford

  5. 1984
    Edwin

    Movie Lady Margaret Truscott

  6. 1981
    Tenko

    TV show Sylvia Ashburton

  7. 1981
    Goodbye Darling

    TV show Maude Ransome

  8. 1979
    A Man Called Intrepid

    TV show Mrs. Wainwright

  9. 1978
    Disraeli

    TV show Lady Bradford

  10. 1978
    Quiet as a Nun

    Movie Mother Ancilla

  11. 1977
    Wind of Change

    Movie Lady Birt

  12. 1977
    Jubilee 1977

    TV show Lady Maude Birt

  13. 1976
    The Portland Millions

    Movie Miss Robinson

  14. 1976
    Victorian Scandals

    TV show Miss Robinson

  15. 1976
    Clayhanger

    TV show Miss Gailey

  16. 1974
    Miss Nightingale

    Movie Fanny Nightingale

  17. 1973
    Away from It All

    TV show Evie

  18. 1973
    Theatre of Blood

    Movie Mrs. Maxwell

  19. 1973
    An Aspidistra in Babylon

    Movie Mother

  20. 1972
    Country Matters

    TV show Mother

  21. 1969
    Strange Report

    TV show Miss Dalton

  22. 1969
    The Smashing Bird I Used to Know

    Movie Anne Johnson

  23. 1966
    Rasputin: The Mad Monk

    Movie Tsarina

  24. 1965
    Thirty-Minute Theatre

    TV show Miss Parks