Renée Asherson
Known For
Acting
Born
1915-05-19 in Kensington, London, England, UK
Died
2014-10-30
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).
Most Known For
Midsomer Murders
as Emily Simpson
Performance
as Marjorie
Screen Two
as Charmian Colston
The Others
as Old Lady
Lovejoy
as Baroness
Grey Owl
Sunday-Night Play
as Fay Driver
Tenko
as Sylvia Ashburton
A Man Called Intrepid
as Mrs. Wainwright
Henry V
as Princess Katherine
Theatre of Blood
as Mrs. Maxwell
Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced
as Miss Bunner
Strange Report
as Miss Dalton
Bed
as Marjorie
Time for Murder
as Helen, Lady Sibley
Clayhanger
as Miss Gailey
Disraeli
as Lady Bradford
Caesar and Cleopatra
as Iras (uncredited)
Edwin
as Lady Margaret Truscott
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
as Angela