Renée Houston

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

53

Gender

Female

Birthday

1902-07-24

Day of death

1980-02-09 (77 years old)

Place of Birth

Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK

Renée Houston

Biography

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

Known For

  • The Saint

    The Saint

  • The Saint

    The Saint

  • Theatre 625

    Theatre 625

  • No Hiding Place

    No Hiding Place

  • Repulsion

    Repulsion

  • Two Thousand Women

    Two Thousand Women

  • Maigret

    Maigret

  • River Rivals

    River Rivals

  • Time Without Pity

    Time Without Pity

  • Cul-de-sac

    Cul-de-sac

  • Dr. Finlay's Casebook

    Dr. Finlay's Casebook

  • Man of the World

    Man of the World

  • The Comic

    The Comic

  • Watch It, Sailor!

    Watch It, Sailor!

  • Radio Parade

    Radio Parade

  • Doctor in the House

    Doctor in the House

  • The Key

    The Key

  • The Phantom of the Opera

    The Phantom of the Opera

  • Carry On Cabby

    Carry On Cabby

  • Carry On at Your Convenience

    Carry On at Your Convenience

  • Carry On Spying

    Carry On Spying

  • The Belles of St. Trinian's

    The Belles of St. Trinian's

  • A Town Like Alice

    A Town Like Alice

  • The Flesh and the Fiends

    The Flesh and the Fiends

  • Nurse on Wheels

    Nurse on Wheels

  • Three on a Spree

    Three on a Spree

  • The Spy with a Cold Nose

    The Spy with a Cold Nose

  • Tomorrow at Ten

    Tomorrow at Ten

  • No Monkey Business

    No Monkey Business

  • Twice Round the Daffodils

    Twice Round the Daffodils

  • Legend of the Werewolf

    Legend of the Werewolf

  • The Idol

    The Idol

  • A Girl Must Live

    A Girl Must Live

  • The Horse's Mouth

    The Horse's Mouth

  • And the Same to You

    And the Same to You

  • Lady Godiva Rides Again

    Lady Godiva Rides Again

  • The Rescue Squad

    The Rescue Squad

  • The Rescue Squad

    The Rescue Squad

  • Track the Man Down

    Track the Man Down

  • Mister Cinders

    Mister Cinders

  • Out of the Fog

    Out of the Fog

  • The Big Money

    The Big Money

  • Their Night Out

    Their Night Out

  • Old Bill and Son

    Old Bill and Son

  • No, My Darling Daughter

    No, My Darling Daughter

  • Come Into My Parlour

    Come Into My Parlour

  • The Peterville Diamond

    The Peterville Diamond

  • Secrets of a Windmill Girl

    Secrets of a Windmill Girl

  • Lost In The Legion

    Lost In The Legion

  • Happy Days Are Here Again

    Happy Days Are Here Again

  • The Nice Americans

    The Nice Americans

  • Fine Feathers

    Fine Feathers

  • Down Melody Lane

    Down Melody Lane