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Renée Houston
Actor
Born July 24, 1902Died February 9, 1980 (77 years)
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.
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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.
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| 2001 | A Profile of 'A Town Like Alice' · as Ebbey |
| 1975 | Legend of the Werewolf · as Chou-Chou |
| 1971 | Carry on at Your Convenience · as Agatha Spanner |
| 1969 | Special Branch (TV Series) · as Scotswoman |
| 1969 | Doctor in the House (TV Series) |
| 1969 | ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Olive |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1966 | The Spy with a Cold Nose · as Lady Blanchflower |
| 1966 | Cul-de-sac · as Christopher's Mother |
| 1966 | |
| 1966 | The Idol · as 1st Woman At Party |
| 1965 | |
| 1964 | Carry on Spying · as Funhouse Madame |
| 1964 | Theatre 625 (TV Series) · as Madame Remy |
| 1963 | Carry on Cabby · as Molly |
| 1963 | Tomorrow at Ten · as Masie Maddox |
| 1963 | Nurse on Wheels · as Mrs. Beacon |
| 1963 | The Rescue Squad · as Mrs Manse |
| 1962 | |
| 1962 | Man of the World (TV Series) · as Mrs. Van Kempson |
| 1962 | Fog for a Killer · as Ma |
| 1962 | Dr. Finlay's Casebook (TV Series) |
| 1962 | The Phantom of the Opera · as Mrs. Tucker |
| 1962 | Twice Round the Daffodils · as Matron |
| 1962 | Z Cars (TV Series) · as Big Rosie |
| 1961 | No, My Darling Daughter · as Miss Yardley |
| 1961 | Watch It, Sailor! · as Mrs. Mottram |
| 1961 | Three on a Spree · as Mrs. Gray |
| 1960 | Maigret (1960) (TV Series) · as Ja-Ja |
| 1960 | The Flesh and the Fiends · as Helen Burke |
| 1960 | And the Same to You · as Mildred Pomphret |
| 1959 | No Hiding Place (TV Series) |
| 1958 | The Horse's Mouth · as Sara Monday |
| 1958 | The Key · as Canteen Worker (uncredited) |
| 1958 | Them Nice Americans · as Mrs. Adams |
| 1957 | Time Without Pity · as Mrs. Harker |
| 1956 | The Big Money · as Bobbie |
| 1956 | It's a Wonderful World · as New Neighbour |
| 1956 | The Errol Flynn Theatre (TV Series) · as Mrs. Bridie |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre (TV Series) · as Ethel Watts |
| 1956 | A Town Like Alice · as Ebbey |
| 1955 | ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) · as Mother Brinicombe |
| 1955 | The Adventures of Robin Hood (TV Series) · as Little John's Mother |
| 1955 | ITV Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Marthy |
| 1955 | Dixon of Dock Green (TV Series) · as Mrs. Loman |
| 1955 | Track the Man Down · as Pat Sherwood |
| 1954 | The Belles of St. Trinian's · as Miss Brimmer |
| 1951 | Bikini Baby · as Beattie |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Bessie |
| 1944 | Two Thousand Women · as Maud Wright |
| 1943 | The Peterville Diamond · as Lady Margaret |
| 1941 | Old Bill and Son · as Stella Malloy |
| 1939 | A Girl Must Live · as Gloria Lind |
| 1935 | |
| 1935 | Mister Cinders · as Mrs. Phipps |
| 1933 | Their Night Out · as Maggie Oliphant |
| 1927 | Blighty · as Typist |