Renée Asherson

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

46

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

  • Grey Owl

    Grey Owl

  • Performance

    Performance

  • The Others

    The Others

  • Screen Two

    Screen Two

  • Lovejoy

    Lovejoy

  • Sunday-Night Play

    Sunday-Night Play

  • Pool of London

    Pool of London

  • Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

    Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

  • Tenko

    Tenko

  • Theatre of Blood

    Theatre of Blood

  • Memento Mori

    Memento Mori

  • Harnessing Peacocks

    Harnessing Peacocks

  • Running Late

    Running Late

  • Caesar and Cleopatra

    Caesar and Cleopatra

  • Henry V

    Henry V

  • Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced

    Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced

  • Strange Report

    Strange Report

  • A Man Called Intrepid

    A Man Called Intrepid

  • Edwin

    Edwin

  • Disraeli

    Disraeli

  • The Day the Earth Caught Fire

    The Day the Earth Caught Fire

  • Victorian Scandals

    Victorian Scandals

  • The Magic Box

    The Magic Box

  • Rasputin: The Mad Monk

    Rasputin: The Mad Monk

  • Clayhanger

    Clayhanger

  • Time for Murder

    Time for Murder

  • Bed

    Bed

  • Brighton Belles

    Brighton Belles

  • Tom's Midnight Garden

    Tom's Midnight Garden

  • The Small Back Room

    The Small Back Room

  • Jubilee 1977

    Jubilee 1977

  • The Way Ahead

    The Way Ahead

  • Malta Story

    Malta Story

  • Wind of Change

    Wind of Change

  • The Way to the Stars

    The Way to the Stars

  • Norbert Smith: A Life

    Norbert Smith: A Life

  • Romance on the Orient Express

    Romance on the Orient Express

  • Life After Life

    Life After Life

  • Miss Nightingale

    Miss Nightingale

  • Quiet as a Nun

    Quiet as a Nun

  • Time Is My Enemy

    Time Is My Enemy

  • The Smashing Bird I Used to Know

    The Smashing Bird I Used to Know

  • Once a Jolly Swagman

    Once a Jolly Swagman

  • The Cure for Love

    The Cure for Love

  • The Portland Millions

    The Portland Millions