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).
The Others
(Old Lady)
Sir Norbert Smith, a Life
(Lady Norbert)
Henry V
(Princess Katherine)
Pool of London
(Sally)
Rasputin: The Mad Monk
(Tsarina)
Theatre of Blood
(Mrs. Maxwell)
The Way Ahead
(Marjorie Gillingham)
Running Late
(Old Lady)
The Small Back Room
(A.T.S. corporal)
Malta Story
(Joan Rivers)
Miss Nightingale
(Fanny Nightingale)
Grey Owl
The Magic Box
(Miss Tagg)
Once a Jolly Swagman
(Pat)
The Smashing Bird I Used to Know
(Anne Johnson)
Time Is My Enemy
(Barbara Everton)
Bed
(Marjorie)
Romance on the Orient Express
(Beatrice)
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
(Angela)
Harnessing Peacocks
(Louisa Fox)
The Way to the Stars
(Iris Winterton)
Life After Life
(Rosie Treadwell)
A Man Called Intrepid
(Mrs. Wainwright)
Edwin
(Lady Margaret Truscott)
Memento Mori
(Charmian Colston)
The Cure for Love
(Milly Southern)
Caesar and Cleopatra
(Iras (uncredited))
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
((archive footage))
The Portland Millions
(Miss Robinson)
Tenko
(Sylvia Ashburton)
Lovejoy
(Baroness)
Disraeli
(Lady Bradford)
Tom's Midnight Garden
(Mrs. Bartholemew)
Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced
(Miss Bunner)
Midsomer Murders
(Emily Simpson)
Time for Murder
(Helen, Lady Sibley)
Miss Marple
(Miss Bunner)
Brighton Belles
(Diana)
Victorian Scandals
(Miss Robinson)