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

  • Henry V

    Henry V

  • The Others

    The Others

  • Screen Two

    Screen Two

  • Performance

    Performance

  • Lovejoy

    Lovejoy

  • Sunday-Night Play

    Sunday-Night Play

  • Harnessing Peacocks

    Harnessing Peacocks

  • Grey Owl

    Grey Owl

  • Tenko

    Tenko

  • Running Late

    Running Late

  • Miss Nightingale

    Miss Nightingale

  • Memento Mori

    Memento Mori

  • The Smashing Bird I Used to Know

    The Smashing Bird I Used to Know

  • Bed

    Bed

  • The Way Ahead

    The Way Ahead

  • The Day the Earth Caught Fire

    The Day the Earth Caught Fire

  • The Magic Box

    The Magic Box

  • Strange Report

    Strange Report

  • Rasputin: The Mad Monk

    Rasputin: The Mad Monk

  • Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced

    Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced

  • The Way to the Stars

    The Way to the Stars

  • The Small Back Room

    The Small Back Room

  • Romance on the Orient Express

    Romance on the Orient Express

  • Pool of London

    Pool of London

  • Theatre of Blood

    Theatre of Blood

  • Clayhanger

    Clayhanger

  • The Cure for Love

    The Cure for Love

  • Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

    Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

  • Caesar and Cleopatra

    Caesar and Cleopatra

  • Once a Jolly Swagman

    Once a Jolly Swagman

  • Victorian Scandals

    Victorian Scandals

  • Time for Murder

    Time for Murder

  • Life After Life

    Life After Life

  • Wind of Change

    Wind of Change

  • Disraeli

    Disraeli

  • The Portland Millions

    The Portland Millions

  • A Man Called Intrepid

    A Man Called Intrepid

  • Brighton Belles

    Brighton Belles

  • Tom's Midnight Garden

    Tom's Midnight Garden

  • Edwin

    Edwin

  • Malta Story

    Malta Story

  • Time Is My Enemy

    Time Is My Enemy

  • Quiet as a Nun

    Quiet as a Nun

  • Norbert Smith: A Life

    Norbert Smith: A Life