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Renée Asherson

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: Acting

Born: Kensington, London, England, UK, 1915-05-19

Died: 2014-10-30

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1944	The Way Ahead	Marjorie Gillingham	65
2	1944	Henry V	Princess Katherine	66
3	1945	The Way to the Stars	Iris Winterton	61
4	1945	Caesar and Cleopatra	Iras (uncredited)	61
5	1949	Once a Jolly Swagman	Pat	54
6	1949	The Small Back Room	A.T.S. corporal	67
7	1949	The Cure for Love	Milly Southern	0
8	1951	Pool of London	Sally	65
9	1952	The Magic Box	Miss Tagg	63
10	1953	Malta Story	Joan Rivers	59
11	1954	Time Is My Enemy	Barbara Everton	64
12	1961	The Day the Earth Caught Fire	Angela	68
13	1966	Rasputin: The Mad Monk	Tsarina	59
14	1969	The Smashing Bird I Used to Know	Anne Johnson	47
15	1973	Theatre of Blood	Mrs. Maxwell	67
16	1974	Miss Nightingale	Fanny Nightingale	0
17	1976	The Portland Millions	Miss Robinson	0
18	1978	Quiet as a Nun	Mother Ancilla	0
19	1979	A Man Called Intrepid	Mrs. Wainwright	70
20	1984	Edwin	Lady Margaret Truscott	80
21	1985	Romance on the Orient Express	Beatrice	55
22	1987	Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood	(archive footage)	64
23	1989	Sir Norbert Smith: A Life	Lady Norbert	70
24	1990	Life After Life	Rosie Treadwell	0
25	1992	Memento Mori	Charmian Colston	62
26	1992	Running Late	Old Lady	0
27	1993	Harnessing Peacocks	Louisa Fox	45
28	1995	Bed	Marjorie	0
29	1999	Grey Owl		56
30	2001	The Others	Old Lady	76

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1960	Sunday-Night Play	Fay Driver	0
2	1969	Strange Report	Miss Dalton	65
3	1976	Victorian Scandals	Miss Robinson	0
4	1978	Disraeli	Lady Bradford	73
5	1981	Tenko	Sylvia Ashburton	81
6	1985	Screen Two	Charmian Colston	68
7	1985	Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced	Miss Bunner	72
8	1985	Time for Murder	Helen, Lady Sibley	40
9	1986	Lovejoy	Baroness	73
10	1989	Tom's Midnight Garden	Mrs. Bartholemew	60
11	1991	Performance	Marjorie	60
12	1993	Brighton Belles	Diana	40
13	1997	Midsomer Murders	Emily Simpson	75