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).
Movies & TV Shows
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The Others (2001) — Old Lady
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Midsomer Murders (1997) — Emily Simpson
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Theatre of Blood (1973) — Mrs. Maxwell
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The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961) — Angela
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Henry V (1944) — Princess Katherine
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Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966) — Tsarina
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Grey Owl (1999)
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The Small Back Room (1949) — A.T.S. corporal
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Caesar and Cleopatra (1945) — Iras (uncredited)
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Lovejoy (1986) — Baroness
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The Way Ahead (1944) — Marjorie Gillingham
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Pool of London (1951) — Sally
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Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced (1985) — Miss Bunner
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The Way to the Stars (1945) — Iris Winterton
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The Magic Box (1952) — Miss Tagg
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Malta Story (1953) — Joan Rivers
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Once a Jolly Swagman (1949) — Pat
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Tenko (1981) — Sylvia Ashburton
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The Smashing Bird I Used to Know (1969) — Anne Johnson
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Time Is My Enemy (1954) — Barbara Everton
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Romance on the Orient Express (1985) — Beatrice
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Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965) — Miss Parks
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Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood (1987) — (archive footage)
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Screen Two (1985) — Charmian Colston
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Memento Mori (1992) — Charmian Colston
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Disraeli (1978) — Lady Bradford
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Country Matters (1972) — Mother
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Harnessing Peacocks (1993) — Louisa Fox
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Tom's Midnight Garden (1989) — Mrs Bartholomew
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Brighton Belles (1993) — Diana
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Norbert Smith: A Life (1989) — Lady Norbert
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The Cure for Love (1949) — Milly Southern
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Strange Report (1969) — Miss Dalton
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Performance (1991) — Marjorie
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Clayhanger (1976) — Miss Gailey
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Running Late (1992) — Old Lady
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Bed (1995) — Marjorie
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Edwin (1984) — Lady Margaret Truscott
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Quiet as a Nun (1978) — Mother Ancilla
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A Man Called Intrepid (1979) — Mrs. Wainwright