Renée Asherson

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

45

Gender

Female

Birthday

1915-05-19

Day of death

2014-10-30 (99 years old)

Place of Birth

Kensington, London, England, UK

Renée Asherson

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).

Known For

  • Midsomer Murders

    Midsomer Murders

  • The Others

    The Others

  • Screen Two

    Screen Two

  • Performance

    Performance

  • Lovejoy

    Lovejoy

  • Sunday-Night Play

    Sunday-Night Play

  • The Day the Earth Caught Fire

    The Day the Earth Caught Fire

  • The Smashing Bird I Used to Know

    The Smashing Bird I Used to Know

  • Grey Owl

    Grey Owl

  • Henry V

    Henry V

  • The Magic Box

    The Magic Box

  • Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

    Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

  • Tenko

    Tenko

  • The Small Back Room

    The Small Back Room

  • The Way Ahead

    The Way Ahead

  • A Man Called Intrepid

    A Man Called Intrepid

  • Rasputin: The Mad Monk

    Rasputin: The Mad Monk

  • Harnessing Peacocks

    Harnessing Peacocks

  • The Way to the Stars

    The Way to the Stars

  • Running Late

    Running Late

  • Miss Nightingale

    Miss Nightingale

  • The Cure for Love

    The Cure for Love

  • Theatre of Blood

    Theatre of Blood

  • Romance on the Orient Express

    Romance on the Orient Express

  • Strange Report

    Strange Report

  • Pool of London

    Pool of London

  • Victorian Scandals

    Victorian Scandals

  • Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced

    Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced

  • The Portland Millions

    The Portland Millions

  • Time for Murder

    Time for Murder

  • Once a Jolly Swagman

    Once a Jolly Swagman

  • Memento Mori

    Memento Mori

  • Disraeli

    Disraeli

  • Clayhanger

    Clayhanger

  • Brighton Belles

    Brighton Belles

  • Time Is My Enemy

    Time Is My Enemy

  • Wind of Change

    Wind of Change

  • Tom's Midnight Garden

    Tom's Midnight Garden

  • Life After Life

    Life After Life

  • Caesar and Cleopatra

    Caesar and Cleopatra

  • Edwin

    Edwin

  • Bed

    Bed

  • Malta Story

    Malta Story

  • Quiet as a Nun

    Quiet as a Nun

  • Norbert Smith: A Life

    Norbert Smith: A Life