Renée Asherson
Acting
Born: 1915-05-19 in Kensington, London, England, UK
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
Emily Simpson
Screen Two
Charmian Colston
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Miss Parks
The Others
Old Lady
Performance
Marjorie
Lovejoy
Baroness
Tenko
Sylvia Ashburton
Clayhanger
Miss Gailey
Grey Owl
Country Matters
Mother
Strange Report
Miss Dalton
Caesar and Cleopatra
Iras (uncredited)
Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced
Miss Bunner
Time for Murder
Helen, Lady Sibley
The Way Ahead
Marjorie Gillingham
Theatre of Blood
Mrs. Maxwell
The Small Back Room
A.T.S. corporal
Victorian Scandals
Miss Robinson
A Man Called Intrepid
Mrs. Wainwright
Brighton Belles
Diana
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
Angela
Rasputin: The Mad Monk
Tsarina
Disraeli
Lady Bradford
Tom's Midnight Garden
Mrs Bartholomew
Bed
Marjorie
Memento Mori
Charmian Colston
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
(archive footage)
Henry V
Princess Katherine
Edwin
Lady Margaret Truscott
Pool of London
Sally
The Magic Box
Miss Tagg
The Way to the Stars
Iris Winterton
Running Late
Old Lady
Quiet as a Nun
Mother Ancilla