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
The Others
(2001)
Old Lady
Theatre of Blood
(1973)
Mrs. Maxwell
Henry V
(1944)
Princess Katherine
Caesar and Cleopatra
(1945)
Iras (uncredited)
Grey Owl
(1999)
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
(1961)
Angela (uncredited)
The Way Ahead
(1944)
Marjorie Gillingham
The Small Back Room
(1949)
A.T.S. corporal
Rasputin: The Mad Monk
(1966)
Tsarina
A Man Called Intrepid
(1979)
Mrs. Wainwright
Malta Story
(1953)
Joan Rivers
Full Filmography
Acting
Henry V
(1944)
Princess Katherine
The Way Ahead
(1944)
Marjorie Gillingham
The Way to the Stars
(1945)
Iris Winterton
Caesar and Cleopatra
(1945)
Iras (uncredited)
The Small Back Room
(1949)
A.T.S. corporal
Once a Jolly Swagman
(1949)
Pat
The Cure for Love
(1949)
Milly Southern
Pool of London
(1951)
Sally
The Magic Box
(1952)
Miss Tagg
Malta Story
(1953)
Joan Rivers
Time Is My Enemy
(1954)
Barbara Everton
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
(1961)
Angela (uncredited)
Rasputin: The Mad Monk
(1966)
Tsarina
The Smashing Bird I Used to Know
(1969)
Anne Johnson
Theatre of Blood
(1973)
Mrs. Maxwell
Miss Nightingale
(1974)
Fanny Nightingale
A Man Called Intrepid
(1979)
Mrs. Wainwright
Edwin
(1984)
Lady Margaret Truscott
Romance on the Orient Express
(1985)
Beatrice
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
(1987)
(archive footage)
Sir Norbert Smith, a Life
(1989)
Lady Norbert
Life After Life
(1990)
Rosie Treadwell
Memento Mori
(1992)
Charmian Colston
Running Late
(1992)
Old Lady
Harnessing Peacocks
(1993)
Louisa Fox
Bed
(1995)
Marjorie
Grey Owl
(1999)
The Others
(2001)
Old Lady