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Renee Asherson Biography (1920-)

Born May 19, 1920, in London, England; daughter of Charles Stephen and Dorothy Lilian (maiden name, Wiseman) Ashcerson; married Robert Donat (an actor), 1953 (divorced).

Nationality

British

Gender

Female

Occupation

Actress

Birth Details

May 19, 1920

London, United Kingdom

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Appearances
• (Stage debut) Walk on and second understudy for the role of Juliet, Romeo and Juliet, New Theatre, London, 1935
• Understudy, The Lady of La Paz, Criterion Theatre, London, 1936
• Kit Miles, Within Seven Hours, Ambassadors' Theatre, London, 1936
• Isabella Linton, Wuthering Heights, Ambassadors' Theatre, 1936
• Amanda, The Apple Cart, Malvern Festival, 1937
• Maria, The School for Scandal, Malvern Festival, 1937
• Mustascha, Tom Thumb the Great, Malvern Festival, 1937
• Anna, On a Summer's Day, The Torch, 1939
• Katheryn Howard, The Rose without a Thorn, Tavistock Little Theatre, 1940
• Iris, The Tempest, Old Vic Theatre, London, 1940
• Blanche, King John, New Theatre, London, 1941
• Bianca, Othello, New Theatre, 1942
• Ann Page, The Merry Wives of Windsor, New Theatre, 1942
• Desdemona, Othello, Liverpool Playhouse, Liverpool, England, 1942
• Puck, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Westminster Theatre, London, 1942
• Henriette Duquesnoy, The Mask of Virtue, Mercury, 1943
• Rose, Lottie Dundass, Vaudeville, 1943
• Millie Southern, The Cure for Love, Westminster Theatre, 1945
• Juliet, Romeo and Juliet, King's Hammersmith and Traveling Repertory Theatre, 1946
• Una, The Wise Have Not Spoken, King's Hammersmith and Traveling Repertory Theatre, 1946
• Beatrice, Much Ado about Nothing, Aldwych Theatre, London, 1946
• Daisy Sage, The Animal Kingdom, Playhouse, 1947
• Bianca, The Taming of the Shrew, New Theatre, 1947-1948
• The Queen, Richard II, New Theatre, 1947-1948
• Marya Antonovna, The Government Inspector, New Theatre, 1947-1948
• Stella Kowalski, A Streetcar Named Desire, Aldwych Theatre, 1949
• Katia, Spring at Marino, Arts Theatre Club, London, 1951
• Irina, Three Sisters, Aldwych Theatre, 1951
• Marion Castle, The Big Knife, Duke of York's Theatre, 1954
• Marie Balard, The Dazzling Hour, Connaught, Worthing, England, 1955
• Jeanne, The Captain's Lamp, Royal Theatre, Brighton, England, 1955
• Margot Prescott, One Bright Day, Apollo Theatre, 1956
• Ghislaine, The Waltz of the Toreadors, Criterion Theatre, 1956
• Theresa, The Catalyst, Arts Theatre, 1958
• Laura, The Unexpected Guest, Duchess Theatre, London, 1958
• Cora Flood, Dark at the Top of the Stairs, Croydon, 1961
• Belle Starkie, Death and All That Jazz, Connaught, 1961
• Milly, The Summer People, Pembroke, Croydon, 1962
• Alice Thomas, Kill Two Birds, St. Martin's Theatre, London, 1962
• Denise Murray, Portrait of Murder, Savoy Theatre, London, 1963
• Viola, Twelfth Night, Birmingham Repertory Theatre, 1966
• Isobel Keith, A Boston Story, Birmingham Repertory Theatre, 1966
• Amanda, Private Lives, Birmingham Repertory Theatre, 1966
• Millamant, The Way of the World, Bristol Old Vic, 1967
• Annie Roberts, Strife, Bristol Old Vic, 1967
• Charlotte, The Magistrate, Chichester Festival, Chichester, England, 1969
• Alithea, The Country Wife, Chichester Festival, then Cambridge Theatre, London, 1969
• Octavia, Antony and Cleopatra, Chichester Festival, then CambridgeTheatre, both 1969
• Mrs. Parker, When We Are Married, Arnaud, Guildford, 1970
• Valerie, Dear Antoine, Chichester, then Piccadilly, 1971
• Adele, You and Your Clouds, Arts, Cambridge, 1972
• All Over, Theatre Royal, York, England, 1973
• Catherine, Good King Charles's Golden Days, Theatre Royal, 1976
• Mrs. Whitefield, Man and Superman, Savoy Theatre, 1977
• Major Tours
• Kate Hardcastle, She Stoops to Conquer, Old Vic Company, 1940-1941
• Maria, Twelfth Night, Old Vic Company, 1940-1941
• Nerissa, The Merchant of Venice, Old Vic Company, 1940-1941
• Blanche, King John, Old Vic Company, 1940-1941
• Herloffs-Marte, The Witch, Old Vic Company, 1941
• Ann Page, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Old Vic Company, 1941
• Bianca, Othello, Old Vic Company, 1941
• Miss Jones, Past Imperfect, 1965
• Mrs. Cherry, Flowering Cherry, 1973
• Film Appearances
• Princess Katharine, King Henry V (also known as Henry V), United Artists, 1944
• Marjorie Gillingham, The Way Ahead (also known as The ImmortalBattalion), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1944
• Iras, Caesar and Cleopatra, United Artists, 1945
• Iris Winterton, The Way to the Stars (also known as Johnny in the Clouds), United Artists, 1945
• Pat, Once a Jolly Swagman (also known as Maniacs on Wheels), International Releasing Organization, 1948
• ATS corporal, The Small Back Room (also known as Hour of Glory), Snader Productions, Inc., 1949
• Milly, Cure for Love, British Lion Films, Ltd., 1950
• Sally, Pool of London, Universal, 1951
• Miss Tagg, The Magic Box, Arthur Mayer-Edward Kingsley, 1951
• Joan Rivers, The Malta Story, United Artists, 1953
• Barbara Everton, Time Is My Enemy, Republic Pictures Corp., 1954
• Megan, The Red Dress, British Lion Films, 1954
• Angela, The Day the Earth Caught Fire (also known as The Day the Sky Caught Fire), Universal, 1961
• Tsarina, Rasputin: The Mad Monk, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1966
• Anne Johnson, School for Unclaimed Girls (also known as Hell House Girls, House of Unclaimed Women, and The Smashing Bird I Used to Know), American International Pictures, 1969
• Mrs. Maxwell, Theatre of Blood (also known as Much Ado about Murder and Theater of Blood), United Artists, 1973
• Carrie Belaney, Grey Owl, New City Releasing, 1999
• Old Lady (Psychic), The Others (also known as Les autres and Los otros), Dimension Films, 2001
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Sylvia Ashburton, Tenko, BBC, 1981
• Movies
• Lady Margaret Truscott, Edwin, 1984
• Miss Dora Bunner, A Murder Is Announced (also known as Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced), 1985
• Beatrice, Romance on the Orient Express, NBC, 1985
• Old Lady, Running Late, 1992
• Louisa, Harnessing Peacocks, Arts and Entertainment, 1992
• Marjorie, Bed, BBC, 1995
• Miniseries
• Mrs. Wainwright, A Man Called Intrepid, NBC, 1979
• Mrs. Bartholemew, Tom's Midnight Garden, 1989
• Bobbo's mother, The Lives and Loves of a She Devil, 1990
• Specials
• Lady Norbert, Norbert Smith, a Life (also known as Sir NorbertSmith, a Life), PBS, 1989
• Charmain Colston, Memento Mori, PBS, 1992
• Herself, Larry and Vivien: The Oliviers in Love, 2001
• Episodic
• Baroness, "Dainty Dish," Lovejoy, BBC, 1993
• Emily Simpson, "The Killings at Badger's Drift," Midsomer Murders,ITV and Arts and Entertainment, 1997