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Renée Asherson

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A beautiful and durable actress of screen, stage and television. She played the bride of Laurence Olivier's title character in Henry V (1944) ( Henry V). She later appeared in Maniacs on Wheels, a speedway drama with Dirk Bogarde. A frequent co-star of the actor Robert Donat, whom she married in 1953... See full bio »

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Dorothy Renée Ascherson
in Kensington, London, England, UK
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2001 The Others
Old Lady
 
1999 Grey Owl
Carrie Belaney
 
1997 Midsomer Murders (TV series)
Emily Simpson
– The Killings at Badger's Drift (1997) … Emily Simpson (as Renee Asherson)
 
1995 Performance (TV series)
Marjorie
– Bed (1995) … Marjorie
 
1994 Brighton Belles (TV series)
Diana
– The Younger Man (1994) … Diana
 
1993 Harnessing Peacocks (TV movie)
Louisa Fox
 
1993 Lovejoy (TV series)
Baroness
– Dainty Dish (1993) … Baroness
 
1992 Screen One (TV series)
Old Lady
– Running Late (1992) … Old Lady
 
1992 Screen Two (TV series)
Charmian Colston
– Memento Mori (1992) … Charmian Colston
 
1990 Life After Life (TV movie)
Rosie Treadwell
 
1990 The Chain (TV mini-series)
– David Lynton (1990)
– Miss Brinkwell (1990)
– Vicky Elliott (1990)
– Lennox (1990)
 
1989 Sir Norbert Smith, a Life (TV movie)
Lady Norbert
 
1989 Tom's Midnight Garden (TV mini-series)
Mrs. Bartholemew
 
1985 Bright Smiler (TV movie)
Helen
 
1985 Romance on the Orient Express (TV movie)
Beatrice
 
1985 Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced (TV movie)
Miss Bunner (as Renee Asherson)
 
1984 Crown Court (TV series)
Mrs. Rogers
– Love and War: Part 1 (1984) … Mrs. Rogers
 
1984 Love and Marriage (TV series)
Dame Ursula Ford
– Sweet Echo (1984) … Dame Ursula Ford
 
1984 Edwin (TV movie)
Lady Margaret Truscott
 
1981 Tenko (TV series)
Sylvia Ashburton
– Episode #1.10 (1981) … Sylvia Ashburton
– Episode #1.9 (1981) … Sylvia Ashburton
– Episode #1.8 (1981) … Sylvia Ashburton
– Episode #1.7 (1981) … Sylvia Ashburton
– Episode #1.6 (1981) … Sylvia Ashburton
See all 8 episodes »
 
1981 Goodbye Darling (TV series)
Maude Ransome
– Lina (1981) … Maude Ransome
– Barbara (1981) … Maude Ransome
– Maude (1981) … Maude Ransome
– Anne (1981) … Maude Ransome
 
1980 Flesh and Blood (TV series)
Jean Brassington
– Time of Life (1980) … Jean Brassington
– Every Man Is an Island (1980) … Jean Brassington
– Feeling Your Age (1980) … Jean Brassington
 
1979 A Man Called Intrepid (TV mini-series)
Mrs. Wainwright
 
1979 Two's Company (TV series)
Felicity
– The Friendly Aristocrats (1979) … Felicity
 
1978 Disraeli: Portrait of a Romantic (TV mini-series)
Lady Bradford
– The Chief 1872-1881 (1978) … Lady Bradford
 
1978 Armchair Thriller (TV series)
Mother Ancilla
– Quiet as a Nun: Part 6 'Death and Decision' (1978) … Mother Ancilla
– Quiet as a Nun: Part 5 'Powers of Darkness' (1978) … Mother Ancilla
– Quiet as a Nun: Part 4 'Witness and Wills' (1978) … Mother Ancilla
– Quiet as a Nun: Part 3 'The Black Nun' (1978) … Mother Ancilla
– Quiet as a Nun: Part 2 'The Chapel' (1978) … Mother Ancilla
See all 6 episodes »
 
1977 Jubilee (TV series)
Lady Maude Birt
– Wind of Change (1977) … Lady Maude Birt
 
1976 Victorian Scandals (TV series)
Miss Robinson
– The Portland Millions (1976) … Miss Robinson
 
1976 Clayhanger (TV series)
Miss Gailey
– Punishment (1976) … Miss Gailey
– Marriage (1976) … Miss Gailey
– Brighton (1976) … Miss Gailey
– Taking a Share (1976) … Miss Gailey
– Escape to Bleakridge (1976) … Miss Gailey
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1973 Away from It All (TV series)
Evie
– This Quiet Half Hour (1973) … Evie
 
1973 Theatre of Blood
Mrs. Maxwell
 
1973 Country Matters (TV mini-series)
Mother
– An Aspidistra in Babylon (1973) … Mother
 
1971 Kate (TV series)
Cynthia
– A Sort of Change (1971) … Cynthia
– A Sort of Beauty (1971) … Cynthia
 
1969 Strange Report (TV series)
Miss Dalton
– Report 8944: Hand - A Matter of Witchcraft (1969) … Miss Dalton
 
1969 The Smashing Bird I Used to Know
Anne Johnson
 
1966 Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV series)
Miss Parks
– The Sounds of War (1966) … Miss Parks
 
1966 Rasputin: The Mad Monk
Tsarina
 
1963 Thirty Minute Theatre (TV series)
Anne Massingham
– The Simple Truth (1963) … Anne Massingham
 
1963 Love Story (TV series)
Harriet Summers
– The Kiss of Truth (1963) … Harriet Summers
 
1961-1962 ITV Play of the Week (TV series)
Antonia / Vinnie Day
– When the Kissing Had to Stop, Act 1: The Hammer (1962) … Antonia
– Life with Father (1961) … Vinnie Day
 
1962 BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV series)
Mary Charrington
– Black Limelight (1962) … Mary Charrington
 
1961 The Day the Earth Caught Fire
Angela
 
1960 At Home (TV movie)
The Wife
 
1960 ITV Television Playhouse (TV series)
Woman
– At Home (1960)
– The Man Who Could Find Things (1960) … Woman
 
1953-1956 Rheingold Theatre (TV series)
Anna Van Klemens / Chloe / Dr. Susan Braden / …
– A New Life (1956) … Dr. Susan Braden
– A Walk in the Wilderness (1956) … Chloe
– The Patriarch (1955) … Anna Van Klemens
– The Journey (1953)
– The Red Dress (1953) … Megan
 
1955 Lilli Palmer Theatre (TV series)
Blanche
– The Door (1955) … Blanche
 
1954 Time Is My Enemy
Barbara Everton (as Renee Asherson)
 
1954 The Red Dress
Megan (segment "Red Dress' story)
 
1953 Malta Story
Joan Rivers (as Renee Asherson)
 
1952 Happy and Glorious (TV series)
Queen Victoria
– 1891-1900 (1952) … Queen Victoria
– 1875-1887 (1952) … Queen Victoria
– 1861-1862 (1952) … Queen Victoria
– 1842-1853 (1952) … Queen Victoria
– 1838-1841 (1952) … Queen Victoria
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1951 The Magic Box
Miss Tagg (as Renee Asherson)
 
1951 Pool of London
Sally
 
1949 The Cure for Love
Milly
 
1949 Maniacs on Wheels
Pat Gibbon
 
1949 Hour of Glory
A.T.S. corporal
 
1945 Caesar and Cleopatra
Iras
 
1945 Johnny in the Clouds
Iris Winterton (as Renee Asherson)
 
1944 Henry V
Princess Katherine (as Renee Asherson)
 
1944 The Way Ahead
Marjorie Gillingham (as Renee Asherson)
 
1939 Smiling at Grief (TV movie)
Sybil
 
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2001 Larry and Vivien: The Oliviers in Love (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1980 The British Greats (TV series)
Herself - Interviewee
– Robert Donat (1980) … Herself - Interviewee
 

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(1953) She acted in Clifford Odets' play, "The Big Knife", at the Westminster Theatre in London, England with John Harrison, Sam Wanamaker, Frederick Valk, George Coulouris, Heather Stannard, Joseph O'Conor and Diane Cilento in the cast. See more »

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