Renée Asherson
Actor
May 19, 1915 — October 30, 2014 (99 years)
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
Filmography
| 2022 | Midsomer Murders: 25 Years of Mayhem · as Emily Simpson |
| 2001 | The Others · as Old Lady |
| 1999 | Grey OwlOn Plex |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders · as Emily SimpsonOn Plex |
| 1993 | Harnessing Peacocks · as Louisa Fox |
| 1993 | Brighton Belles · as Diana |
| 1992 | Memento Mori · as Charmian Colston |
| 1991 | Performance · as Marjorie |
| 1989 | Sir Norbert Smith, a Life · as Lady Norbert |
| 1989 | Tom's Midnight Garden · as Mrs Bartholomew |
| 1989 | Tom's Midnight Garden · as Mrs Bartholomew |
| 1987 | Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood! · as (archive Footage) |
| 1986 | Lovejoy · as Baroness |
| 1985 | Screen One · as Old Lady |
| 1985 | Time For Murder · as Helen, Lady Sibley |
| 1985 | Romance on the Orient Express · as Beatrice |
| 1985 | Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced · as Miss Bunner |
| 1984 | Screen Two · as Charmian Colston |
| 1984 | Love and Marriage · as Dame Ursula Ford |
| 1984 | Edwin · as Lady Margaret Truscott |
| 1981 | Tenko · as Sylvia Ashburton |
| 1980 | A Man Called Intrepid · as Mrs. Wainwright |
| 1979 | A Man Called Intrepid · as Mrs. Wainwright |
| 1978 | Disraeli · as Lady Bradford |
| 1978 | Armchair Thriller · as Mother Ancilla |
| 1977 | Jubilee · as Lady Maude Birt |
| 1976 | Clayhanger · as Miss Gailey |
| 1975 | Two's Company · as Felicity |
| 1974 | Miss Nightingale · as Fanny Nightingale |
| 1973 | Theater of Blood · as Mrs. MaxwellOn Plex |
| 1972 | Crown Court · as Mrs. Rogers |
| 1972 | Country Matters · as Mother |
| 1970 | Kate · as Cynthia |
| 1969 | Strange Report · as Miss Dalton |
| 1969 | School for Unclaimed Girls · as Anne Johnson |
| 1966 | Rasputin: The Mad Monk · as Tsarina |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre · as Miss Parks |
| 1963 | Love Story (1963) · as Harriet Summers |
| 1961 | The Day the Earth Caught Fire · as Angela |
| 1960 | BBC Sunday-Night Play · as Fay Driver |
| 1955 | ITV Play of the Week · as Antonia May |
| 1955 | ITV Television Playhouse · as Jean Norman |
| 1954 | Time Is My Enemy · as Barbara Everton |
| 1953 | Malta Story · as Joan Rivers |
| 1953 | Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Presents · as Anna Van Klemens |
| 1951 | Pool of London · as Sally |
| 1951 | The Magic Box · as Miss Tagg |
| 1949 | The Cure for Love · as Milly Southern |
| 1949 | Maniacs on Wheels · as Pat |
| 1949 | The Small Back Room · as A.t.s. Corporal |
| 1945 | Caesar and Cleopatra · as Iras (uncredited)On Plex |
| 1945 | Johnny in the Clouds · as Iris Winterton |
| 1944 | Henry V · as Princess KatherineOn Plex |
| 1944 | The Way Ahead · as Marjorie GillinghamOn Plex |
| 2001 | Larry and Vivien: The Oliviers in Love · as Self |