
Renée Asherson
Department: Acting
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

The Others
2001

Norbert Smith: A Life
1989

Henry V
1944

Pool of London
1951

Rasputin: The Mad Monk
1966

Theatre of Blood
1973

The Way Ahead
1944

Running Late
1992

The Small Back Room
1949

Malta Story
1953

Miss Nightingale
1974

Grey Owl
1999

The Magic Box
1952

Once a Jolly Swagman
1949

The Smashing Bird I Used to Know
1969

Time Is My Enemy
1954

Bed
1995

Romance on the Orient Express
1985

The Day the Earth Caught Fire
1961

Harnessing Peacocks
1993

The Way to the Stars
1945

Life After Life
1990

Edwin
1984

Memento Mori
1992

The Cure for Love
1949

Caesar and Cleopatra
1945

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
1987

The Portland Millions
1976

Quiet as a Nun
1978

Wind of Change
1977

An Aspidistra in Babylon
1973

Tom's Midnight Garden
1989

Tenko
1981

Lovejoy
1986

Disraeli
1978

Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced
1985

Midsomer Murders
1997

Brighton Belles
1993

Strange Report
1969

Sunday-Night Play
1960

Screen Two
1985

Performance
1991

Clayhanger
1976

A Man Called Intrepid
1979

Jubilee 1977
1977

Victorian Scandals
1976

Tom's Midnight Garden
1989

Country Matters
1972

Love and Marriage
1984

Time for Murder
1985