
Acting · 99 years old
Kensington, London, England, UK
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).

Tenko
Sylvia Ashburton

Edwin
Lady Margaret Truscott

Tom's Midnight Garden
Mrs Bartholomew

The Others
Old Lady

Midsomer Murders
Emily Simpson

Lovejoy
Baroness

Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced
Miss Bunner

Disraeli
Lady Bradford

Norbert Smith: A Life
Lady Norbert

The Day the Earth Caught Fire
Angela

Screen Two
Charmian Colston

Theatre of Blood
Mrs. Maxwell

Henry V
Princess Katherine

The Small Back Room
A.T.S. corporal

Pool of London
Sally

The Way Ahead
Marjorie Gillingham

Strange Report
Miss Dalton

The Magic Box
Miss Tagg

Time Is My Enemy
Barbara Everton

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
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