Acting · Kensington, London, England, UK · Born May 19, 1915
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).
MovieThe Others
2001
as Old Lady
MovieGrey Owl
1999
TVMidsomer Murders
1997
as Emily Simpson
MovieBed
1995
as Marjorie
MovieHarnessing Peacocks
1993
as Louisa Fox
TVBrighton Belles
1993
as Diana
MovieRunning Late
1992
as Old Lady
MovieMemento Mori
1992
as Charmian Colston
TVPerformance
1991
as Marjorie
MovieLife After Life
1990
as Rosie Treadwell
MovieNorbert Smith: A Life
1989
as Lady Norbert
MovieTom's Midnight Garden
1989
as Mrs Bartholomew
TVTom's Midnight Garden
1989
as Mrs Bartholomew
MovieHammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
1987
as (archive footage)
TVLovejoy
1986
as Baroness
TVTime for Murder
1985
as Helen, Lady Sibley
MovieRomance on the Orient Express
1985
as Beatrice
TVMiss Marple: A Murder Is Announced
1985
as Miss Bunner
TVScreen Two
1985
as Charmian Colston
Love and Marriage
1984
as Dame Ursula Ford
MovieEdwin
1984
as Lady Margaret Truscott
TVTenko
1981
as Sylvia Ashburton
Goodbye Darling
1981
as Maude Ransome
TVA Man Called Intrepid
1979
as Mrs. Wainwright
TVDisraeli
1978
as Lady Bradford
MovieQuiet as a Nun
1978
as Mother Ancilla
Wind of Change
1977
as Lady Birt
Jubilee 1977
1977
as Lady Maude Birt
MovieThe Portland Millions
1976
as Miss Robinson
TVVictorian Scandals
1976
as Miss Robinson
TVClayhanger
1976
as Miss Gailey
Miss Nightingale
1974
as Fanny Nightingale
Away from It All
1973
as Evie
MovieTheatre of Blood
1973
as Mrs. Maxwell
An Aspidistra in Babylon
1973
as Mother
TVCountry Matters
1972
as Mother
TVStrange Report
1969
as Miss Dalton
MovieThe Smashing Bird I Used to Know
1969
as Anne Johnson
MovieRasputin: The Mad Monk
1966
as Tsarina
TVThirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Miss Parks
MovieThe Day the Earth Caught Fire
1961
as Angela
Sunday-Night Play
1960
as Fay Driver
MovieTime Is My Enemy
1954
as Barbara Everton
MovieMalta Story
1953
as Joan Rivers
MovieThe Magic Box
1952
as Miss Tagg
MoviePool of London
1951
as Sally
MovieThe Cure for Love
1949
as Milly Southern
MovieThe Small Back Room
1949
as A.T.S. corporal
MovieOnce a Jolly Swagman
1949
as Pat
MovieCaesar and Cleopatra
1945
as Iras (uncredited)
MovieThe Way to the Stars
1945
as Iris Winterton
MovieHenry V
1944
as Princess Katherine
MovieThe Way Ahead
1944
as Marjorie Gillingham
