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Renée Asherson

Actress / Film Actress | * 05/19/1915 († 99, 10/30/2014) | Kensington, London, England (United Kingdom (UK))
Dorothy Renée Ascherson (19 May 1915 – 30 October 2014), 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). ()
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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 frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

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A Shakespearean actor takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him recognition. ...

Theatre of Blood

R

1973 | 3.4/5 | 1h 44min
Comedy, Horror
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In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415. ...

Henry V

Certification unknown

1944 | 3.4/5 | 2h 17min
Drama, History, War
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Grace is a religious woman who lives in an old house kept dark because her two children, Anne and Nicholas, have a rare sensitivity to light. When the family begins to suspect the house is haunted, Gr ...

The Others

PG-13

2001 | 3.8/5 | 1h 41min
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
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An advertisement announcing the time and place of a forthcoming murder appears among the ads of the paper in the small village of Chipping Cleghorn. ...

Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced

Certification unknown

1985 | 3.6/5 | 51min per episode
Crime, Drama, Mystery
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Movies with Renée Asherson as Actress(26)

as Old Lady2001 The Others
1999 Grey Owl
as Marjorie1995 Bed
as Louisa Fox1993 Harnessing Peacocks
as Charmian Colston1992 Memento Mori
as Old Lady1992 Running Late
as Rosie Treadwell1990 Life After Life
as Lady Norbert1989 Sir Norbert Smith, a Life
as (archive footage)1987 Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
as Beatrice1985 Romance on the Orient Express
as Mrs. Wainwright1979 A Man Called Intrepid
as Mrs. Maxwell1973 Theatre of Blood
as Anne Johnson1969 The Smashing Bird I Used to Know
as Tsarina1966 Rasputin: The Mad Monk
as Angela (uncredited)1961 The Day the Earth Caught Fire
as Barbara Everton1954 Time Is My Enemy
as Joan Rivers1953 Malta Story
as Miss Tagg1952 The Magic Box
as Sally1951 Pool of London
as A.T.S. corporal1949 The Small Back Room
as Milly Southern1949 The Cure for Love
as Pat1949 Once a Jolly Swagman
as Iras (uncredited)1945 Caesar and Cleopatra
as Iris Winterton1945 The Way to the Stars
as Princess Katherine1944 Henry V
as Marjorie Gillingham1944 The Way Ahead

TV Shows/Series with Renée Asherson as Actress(5)

as Emily Simpson1997 Midsomer Murders
as Diana1993 Brighton Belles
1986 Lovejoy
as Sylvia Ashburton1981 Tenko
1965 Thirty-Minute Theatre

Full Name: Renée Asherson
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Wednesday, 05/19 1915 (May) in Kensington, London, England (United Kingdom (UK))
Died: Thursday, 10/30 2014 (October) in London (aged: 99)
Zodiac sign: Taurus (Chinese zodiac sign: Rabbit)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art
Spouses (current/former): Robert Donat
Father: Charles Stephen Ascherson
Mother: Dorothy Lilian Wiseman
Other names for Renée Asherson (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Рене Эшерсон"
Renée Asherson frequently works together with these people:
Raj Awasti (7x, Actor)
Neville Phillips (6x, Actor)
Laurence Olivier (5x, Actor)
Robert Donat (5x, Actor)
Thora Hird (4x, Actress)
Leo Genn (4x, Actor)
Stanley Holloway (4x, Actor)
Sam Kydd (4x, Actor)
William Alwyn (4x, Crew)
Charles Victor (4x, Actor)
Muir Mathieson (4x, Crew)
Bonar Colleano (4x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:472202, Added: 10/01/2018, Last updated: 03/29/2024