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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).
Birth Name
Dorothy Renée Ascherson
Born
Wednesday, 19 May 1915
Died
Thursday, 30 October 2014
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Midsomer Murders - 25 Years of Mayhem | Emily Simpson | 2022 |
| The Others | Old Lady | 2001 |
| Grey Owl | Carrie Belaney | 1999 |
| Midsomer Murders | Emily Simpson | 1997 |
| Harnessing Peacocks | Louisa Fox | 1993 |
| Brighton Belles | Diana | 1993 |
| Performance | Marjorie | 1991 |
| Sir Norbert Smith, a Life | Lady Norbert | 1989 |
| Screen One | Old Lady | 1989 |
| Tom's Midnight Garden | Mrs. Bartholomew | 1989 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Midsomer Murders - 25 Years of Mayhem | Emily Simpson | 2022 |
| The Others | Old Lady | 2001 |
| Grey Owl | Carrie Belaney | 1999 |
| Midsomer Murders | Emily Simpson | 1997 |
| Harnessing Peacocks | Louisa Fox | 1993 |
| Brighton Belles | Diana | 1993 |
| Performance | Marjorie | 1991 |
| Sir Norbert Smith, a Life | Lady Norbert | 1989 |
| Screen One | Old Lady | 1989 |
| Tom's Midnight Garden | Mrs. Bartholomew | 1989 |
| Lovejoy | Baroness | 1986 |
| Time for Murder | Helen, Lady Sibley | 1985 |
| Romance on the Orient Express | Beatrice | 1985 |
| Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced | Miss Bunner | 1985 |
| Screen Two | Charmian Colston | 1985 |
| Bookmark | Miss Agnew | 1983 |
| Tenko | Sylvia Ashburton | 1981 |
| A Man Called Intrepid | Mrs. Wainwright | 1979 |
| Disraeli: Portrait of a Romantic | Lady Bradford | 1978 |
| Armchair Thriller | Mother Ancilla | 1978 |
| Victorian Scandals | Miss Robinson | 1976 |
| Clayhanger | Miss Gailey | 1976 |
| Two's Company | Felicity | 1975 |
| Theater of Blood | Mrs. Maxwell | 1973 |
| Crown Court | Mrs. Rogers | 1972 |
| Country Matters | Mother | 1972 |
| Strange Report | Miss Dalton | 1969 |
| School for Unclaimed Girls | Anne Johnson | 1969 |
| Rasputin: The Mad Monk | Alexandra, Tsarina / Tsarina | 1966 |
| Thirty-Minute Theatre | Miss Parks | 1965 |
| Love Story | Harriet Summers | 1963 |
| The Day the Earth Caught Fire | Angela | 1961 |
| The Pursuers | Freda | 1961 |
| ITV Play of the Week | Antonia May / Ruth Morris / Vinnie Day | 1955 |
| Lilli Palmer Theatre | Blanche | 1955 |
| ITV Television Playhouse | Woman / Jean Norman | 1955 |
| Time Is My Enemy | Barbara Everton | 1954 |
| Malta Story | Joan Rivers | 1953 |
| Rheingold Theatre | Megan / Dr. Susan Braden / Chloe / Anna Van Klemens | 1953 |
| The Magic Box | Miss Tagg | 1952 |
| Pool of London | Sally | 1951 |
| Hour of Glory | A.T.S. Corporal | 1949 |
| Maniacs on Wheels | Pat | 1949 |
| Caesar and Cleopatra | Iras | 1946 |
| Johnny in the Clouds | Iris Winterton | 1945 |
| Henry V | Princess Katherine | 1944 |
| The Way Ahead | Marjorie Gillingham | 1944 |
