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Renée Houston
Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
Renée Houston (24 July 1902 - 9 February 1980) was a Scottish comedy actress and revue artist who appeared in television and film roles. Born in Johnstone, Renfrewshire, as Kathe…
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Renée Houston (24 July 1902 - 9 February 1980) was a Scottish comedy actress and revue artist who appeared in television and film roles. Born in Johnstone, Renfrewshire, as Katherina Houston Gribbin she toured music halls and revues with her sister Billie Houston as the "Houston Sisters". In 1926, the sisters made a short musical film, the script of which Renée had written. It was produced by Lee De Forest, whose process, Phonofilm, enabled a soundtrack to be played alongside the film (a year before The Jazz Singer). Houston married three times, the second was to the actor Pat Aherne, the brother of Brian Aherne. Her third husband was the actor Donald Stewart. In her later years, she specialised in "battleaxe" roles, notably as shop steward Vic Spanner's (Kenneth Cope) formidable mother in Carry On at Your Convenience (1971). She published her autobiography in 1974 which was entitled Don't Fence Me In. Houston was also in the early episodes of radio's The Clitheroe Kid and a regular guest on radio panel show The Petticoat Line chaired by Anona Winn. She died in London at the age of 77 on 9 February 1980. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
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1975
Legend of the Werewolf
Movie Chou-Chou
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1971
Carry On at Your Convenience
Movie Agatha Spanner
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1969
The Comic
Movie Olive
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1969
Doctor in the House
TV show
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1969
W. Somerset Maugham
TV show "Frank" Hickson
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1967
ITV Playhouse
TV show
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1967
River Rivals
Movie Mrs. Fredericks
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1966
The Spy with a Cold Nose
Movie Lady Blanchflower
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1966
Cul-de-sac
Movie Christopher's Mother
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1966
The Idol
Movie 1st Woman at Party
- 1966
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1965
Repulsion
Movie Mme Balch
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1964
Carry On Spying
Movie Funhouse Madame
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1964
Theatre 625
TV show Madame Remy
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1963
The Rescue Squad
Movie Mrs Manse
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1963
Tomorrow at Ten
Movie Masie Maddox
More credits
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1963
Carry On Cabby
Movie Molly
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1963
Nurse on Wheels
Movie Mrs. Beacon
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1962
The Saint
TV show Ida Warshed
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1962
Man of the World
TV show Mrs Van Kempson
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1962
Out of the Fog
Movie Ma
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1962
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
TV show
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1962
The Phantom of the Opera
Movie Mrs. Tucker
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1962
Twice Round the Daffodils
Movie Matron
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1961
No, My Darling Daughter
Movie Miss Yardley
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1961
Watch It, Sailor!
Movie Mrs. Mottram
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1961
Three on a Spree
Movie Mrs. Gray
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1960
Maigret
TV show Ja-Ja
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1960
The Flesh and the Fiends
Movie Helen Burke
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1960
And the Same to You
Movie Mildred Pomphret
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1959
No Hiding Place
TV show
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1958
The Horse's Mouth
Movie Sara Monday
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1958
The Big Money
Movie Bobbie
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1958
The Key
Movie Canteen Worker (uncredited)
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1958
The Nice Americans
Movie Mrs. Adams
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1957
Time Without Pity
Movie Mrs. Harker
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1956
Armchair Theatre
TV show Ethel Watts
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1956
A Town Like Alice
Movie Ebbey
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1955
The Adventures of Robin Hood
TV show Mother
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1955
Track the Man Down
Movie Pat Sherwood
