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	64
2	1944	Henry V	Princess Katherine	66
3	1945	The Way to the Stars	Iris Winterton	58
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	66
7	1949	The Cure for Love	Milly Southern	0
8	1951	Pool of London	Sally	64
9	1952	The Magic Box	Miss Tagg	63
10	1953	Malta Story	Joan Rivers	58
11	1954	Time Is My Enemy	Barbara Everton	58
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	51
15	1973	Theatre of Blood	Mrs. Maxwell	67
16	1974	Miss Nightingale	Fanny Nightingale	0
17	1976	The Portland Millions	Miss Robinson	0
18	1979	A Man Called Intrepid	Mrs. Wainwright	70
19	1984	Edwin	Lady Margaret Truscott	80
20	1985	Romance on the Orient Express	Beatrice	52
21	1987	Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood	(archive footage)	64
22	1989	Sir Norbert Smith, a Life	Lady Norbert	80
23	1990	Life After Life	Rosie Treadwell	0
24	1992	Memento Mori	Charmian Colston	62
25	1992	Running Late	Old Lady	0
26	1993	Harnessing Peacocks	Louisa Fox	45
27	1995	Bed	Marjorie	0
28	1999	Grey Owl		56
29	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	60
3	1976	Victorian Scandals	Miss Robinson	0
4	1978	Disraeli	Lady Bradford	75
5	1981	Tenko	Sylvia Ashburton	80
6	1984	Miss Marple	Miss Bunner	80
7	1985	Screen Two	Charmian Colston	68
8	1985	Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced	Miss Bunner	72
9	1985	Time for Murder	Helen, Lady Sibley	40
10	1986	Lovejoy	Baroness	73
11	1989	Tom's Midnight Garden	Mrs. Bartholemew	60
12	1993	Brighton Belles	Diana	40
13	1997	Midsomer Murders	Emily Simpson	75