Renée Houston
Renée Houston (24 July 1902 - 9 February 1980) was a Scottish comedy actress and revue artist who appeared in television and film roles. Born in Johnstone, Renfrewshire, as Katherina Houston Gribbin she toured music halls and revues with her sister Billie Houston as the "Houston Sisters". In 1926, the sisters made a short musical film, the script of which Renée had written. It was produced by Lee De Forest, whose process, Phonofilm, enabled a soundtrack to be played alongside the film (a year before The Jazz Singer). Houston married three times, the second was to the actor Pat Aherne, the brother of Brian Aherne. Her third husband was the actor Donald Stewart. In her later years, she specialised in "battleaxe" roles, notably as shop steward Vic Spanner's (Kenneth Cope) formidable mother in Carry On at Your Convenience (1971). She published her autobiography in 1974 which was entitled Don't Fence Me In. Houston was also in the early episodes of radio's The Clitheroe Kid and a regular guest on radio panel show The Petticoat Line chaired by Anona Winn. She died in London at the age of 77 on 9 February 1980. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cul-de-sac
(Christopher's Mother)
Repulsion
(Mme Balch)
Carry On Spying
(Funhouse Madame)
Two Thousand Women
(Maud Wright)
Legend of the Werewolf
(Chou-Chou)
Time Without Pity
(Mrs. Harker)
The Horse's Mouth
(Sara Monday)
The Phantom of the Opera
(Mrs. Tucker)
Carry On Cabby
(Molly)
Carry On at Your Convenience
(Agatha Spanner)
The Flesh and the Fiends
(Helen Burke)
A Town Like Alice
(Ebbey)
The Nice Americans
(Mrs. Adams)
Watch It, Sailor!
(Mrs. Mottram)
Track the Man Down
(Pat Sherwood)
The Peterville Diamond
(Lady Margaret)
The Spy with a Cold Nose
(Lady Blanchflower)
Out of the Fog
(Ma)
No, My Darling Daughter
(Miss Yardley)
Secrets of a Windmill Girl
Mister Cinders
(Mrs. Phipps)
The Key
(Canteen Worker (uncredited))
A Girl Must Live
(Gloria Lind)
And the Same to You
(Mildred Pomphret)
Lady Godiva Rides Again
(Beattie)
Their Night Out
(Maggie Oliphant)
Radio Parade
Old Bill and Son
(Stella Malloy)
Three on a Spree
(Mrs. Gray)
The Comic
(Olive)
The Rescue Squad
River Rivals
(Mrs. Fredericks)
Lost In The Legion
(Mary McFee)
Down Melody Lane
(Self)
The Idol
(1st Woman at Party)
Come Into My Parlour
(Jenny MacDonald)
Happy Days Are Here Again
(Kitty Seymour)
The Belles of St. Trinian's
(Miss Brimmer)
Twice Round the Daffodils
(Matron)
Nurse on Wheels
(Mrs. Beacon)
Tomorrow at Ten
(Masie Maddox)
The Big Money
(Bobbie)
Fine Feathers
(Teenie McPherson)
The Saint
(Ida Warshed)
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
No Hiding Place
The Saint
(Mrs. McAlister)
Maigret
(Ja-Ja)
Doctor in the House