Renée Asherson
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
as Old LadyGrace is a religious woman who lives in an old house kept dark because her two children, Anne...
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The Day the Earth Caught Fire
as AngelaBritish reporters suspect an international cover-up of a global disaster in progress... and...
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The Small Back Room
as A.T.S. corporalAt the height of World War II, the Germans begin dropping a new type of booby-trapped bomb on...
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Henry V
as Princess KatherineIn the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the...
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Rasputin: The Mad Monk
as TsarinaRasputin, a crazed and debauched monk wreaks havoc at the local inn one night, chopping off the...
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Theatre of Blood
as Mrs. MaxwellA Shakespearean actor takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him recognition.
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Caesar and Cleopatra
as Iras (uncredited)The aging Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen. Adapted by George Bernard...
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Grey Owl
as uncreditedArchie Grey Owl is a trapper in Canada in the early 1930s when a young Iroquois woman from town...
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The Way Ahead
as Marjorie GillinghamA mismatched collection of conscripted civilians find training tough under Lieutenant Jim Perry ...
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Malta Story
as Joan RiversMalta, 1942, during World War II. While the German air force is relentlessly bombing the island,...
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The Way to the Stars
as Iris WintertonLife on a British bomber base, and the surrounding towns, from the opening days of the Battle of...
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Pool of London
as SallyJewel thieves, murder, and a manhunt swirl around a sailor off a cargo ship in post-war London.
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The Magic Box
as Miss TaggNow old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As...
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The Smashing Bird I Used to Know
as Anne JohnsonA traumatized and troubled teenager is sent to an all-girls detention home where she strikes up...
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Romance on the Orient Express
as BeatriceLily, an American travelling on the famous Orient Express train from Venice, Italy to Paris,...
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A Man Called Intrepid
as Mrs. WainwrightDuring World War II, a wealthy Canadian uses his own money to help the Allies form an espionage...
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Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
as (archive footage)A retrospective of the films of Britain's Hammer Studios, renowned for making stylish horror...
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Once a Jolly Swagman
as PatA factory worke quits his job to become a motorcycle racer.
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Harnessing Peacocks
as Louisa FoxSir John Mills, Peter Davison and Serena Scott Thomas star in this warm, funny and romantic...
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Sir Norbert Smith, a Life
as Lady Norberta spoof TV documentary film (a "mockumentary") charting the life and career of the fictitious...
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Memento Mori
as Charmian ColstonSeveral elderly friends and acquaintances in 1950s London are disturbed to receive mysterious...
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Time Is My Enemy
as Barbara EvertonA happily-married woman is blackmailed by her first husband, who she wrongly believed was killed...
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The Cure for Love
as Milly SouthernSergeant Jack Hardacre returns from the war to his contemptible fiancée Janey Jenkins intending...
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Life After Life
as Rosie TreadwellA 70 year old man gets shunned into a retirement home.
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Running Late
as Old LadyTelevision interviewer George Grant, renowned for his ability to get at the truth, is at the...
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Edwin
as Lady Margaret TruscottTouching comedy about a high court judge, now retired to his English countryside home, who...
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The Portland Millions
as Miss RobinsonAnnie Druce claims she is the heir to the Duke of Portland.
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Bed
as MarjorieSurreal drama about seven old people living in the same bed, by Jim Cartwright.
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Midsomer Murders
as Emily SimpsonThe peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed...
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Lovejoy
as BaronessThe adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East...
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Miss Marple
as Miss BunnerMiss Marple, the spinster detective who is one of the most famous characters created by English...
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Tenko
as Sylvia AshburtonBased on real-life experiences, Tenko remains one of the most fondly remembered and acclaimed...
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Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced
as Miss BunnerAn advertisement announcing the time and place of a forthcoming murder appears among the ads of...
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Time for Murder
as Helen, Lady SibleyWritten by six of Britain's finest writers (including Fay Weldon, Antonia Fraser, and Michael...
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Tom's Midnight Garden
as Mrs. BartholemewSix part BBC adaptation of the novel for children by Philippa Pearce. Tom Long is staying at...
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Disraeli
as Lady BradfordDisraeli is a British four part serial about the great statesman and Prime Minister of the...
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Brighton Belles
as DianaOn her husband's demise, attractive Bridget suddenly finds she can't meet the financial demand...
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