Renée Asherson

May 19, 1915 - Oct 30, 2014 (99 years old) in Kensington, London, England, UK

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

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Midsomer Murders

Emily Simpson

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Sunday-Night Play

Fay Driver

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Screen Two

Charmian Colston

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The Others

Old Lady

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Lovejoy

Baroness

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Tenko

Sylvia Ashburton

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Miss Marple

Miss Bunner

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The Way Ahead

Marjorie Gillingham

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Strange Report

Miss Dalton

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Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced

Miss Bunner

Credits

The Others 2001

Old Lady

★ 7.6
Grey Owl 1999

★ 5.6
Midsomer Murders 1997

Emily Simpson

★ 7.5
Bed 1995

Marjorie

★ NR
Harnessing Peacocks 1993

Louisa Fox

★ 4.5
Brighton Belles 1993

Diana

★ 4
Running Late 1992

Old Lady

★ NR
Memento Mori 1992

Charmian Colston

★ 6.2
Life After Life 1990

Rosie Treadwell

★ NR
Sir Norbert Smith: A Life 1989

Lady Norbert

★ 8
Tom's Midnight Garden 1989

Mrs. Bartholemew

★ 6
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood 1987

(archive footage)

★ 6.4
Lovejoy 1986

Baroness

★ 7.3
Time for Murder 1985

Helen, Lady Sibley

★ 4
Romance on the Orient Express 1985

Beatrice

★ 5.5
Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced 1985

Miss Bunner

★ 7.2
Screen Two 1985

Charmian Colston

★ 6.8
Miss Marple 1984

Miss Bunner

★ 8.4
Edwin 1984

Lady Margaret Truscott

★ 8
Tenko 1981

Sylvia Ashburton

★ 8
A Man Called Intrepid 1979

Mrs. Wainwright

★ 7
Disraeli 1978

Lady Bradford

★ 7.5
The Portland Millions 1976

Miss Robinson

★ NR
Victorian Scandals 1976

Miss Robinson

★ NR
Miss Nightingale 1974

Fanny Nightingale

★ NR
Theatre of Blood 1973

Mrs. Maxwell

★ 6.7
Strange Report 1969

Miss Dalton

★ 6.5
The Smashing Bird I Used to Know 1969

Anne Johnson

★ 5.1
Rasputin: The Mad Monk 1966

Tsarina

★ 5.9
The Day the Earth Caught Fire 1961

Angela

★ 6.8
Sunday-Night Play 1960

Fay Driver

★ NR
Time Is My Enemy 1954

Barbara Everton

★ 6.4
Malta Story 1953

Joan Rivers

★ 5.9
The Magic Box 1952

Miss Tagg

★ 6.3
Pool of London 1951

Sally

★ 6.5
The Cure for Love 1949

Milly Southern

★ NR
The Small Back Room 1949

A.T.S. corporal

★ 6.7
Once a Jolly Swagman 1949

Pat

★ 5.4
Caesar and Cleopatra 1945

Iras (uncredited)

★ 6.1
The Way to the Stars 1945

Iris Winterton

★ 5.9
Henry V 1944

Princess Katherine

★ 6.6
The Way Ahead 1944

Marjorie Gillingham

★ 6.4

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