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).
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.064 |
| Birthday | 1915-05-19 |
| Place of Birth | Kensington, London, England, UK |
| Also Known As | Рене Эшерсон, Dorothy Renée Ascherson, |
2001
The Others
7.6/6633
Grace is a religious woman who lives in an old house kept dark because her two children, Anne and Nicholas, have a rare sensitivity to light. When the...
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The Others
1989
Sir Norbert Smith, a Life
8/1
a spoof TV documentary film (a "mockumentary") charting the life and career of the fictitious British actor Sir Norbert Smith.
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Sir Norbert Smith, a Life
1944
Henry V
6.6/115
In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.
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Henry V
1951
Pool of London
6.438/32
Jewel thieves, murder, and a manhunt swirl around a sailor off a cargo ship in post-war London.
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Pool of London
1966
Rasputin: The Mad Monk
5.9/82
Rasputin, a crazed and debauched monk wreaks havoc at the local inn one night, chopping off the hand of one of the drinkers. As the bitter locals plan...
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Rasputin: The Mad Monk
1973
Theatre of Blood
6.731/227
A Shakespearean actor takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him recognition.
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Theatre of Blood
1944
The Way Ahead
6.375/36
A mismatched collection of conscripted civilians find training tough under Lieutenant Jim Perry and Sergeant Ned Fletcher when they are called up to...
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The Way Ahead
1992
Running Late
0/0
Television interviewer George Grant, renowned for his ability to get at the truth, is at the peak of his career. But when he receives a message at his...
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Running Late
1949
The Small Back Room
6.7/67
At the height of World War II, the Germans begin dropping a new type of booby-trapped bomb on England. Highly skilled but haunted bomb disposal office...
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The Small Back Room
1953
Malta Story
5.9/18
Malta, 1942, during World War II. While the German air force is relentlessly bombing the island, a British pilot falls in love with a young Maltese gi...
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Malta Story
1974
Miss Nightingale
0/0
The life, background, motivation and struggles of Florence Nightingale.
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Miss Nightingale
1999
Grey Owl
5.6/72
Archie Grey Owl is a trapper in Canada in the early 1930s when a young Iroquois woman from town asks him to teach her Indian ways. They live in the wo...
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Grey Owl
1952
The Magic Box
6.3/21
Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young and handsome William Green he changed his name to i...
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The Magic Box
1949
Once a Jolly Swagman
5.4/13
A factory worke quits his job to become a motorcycle racer.
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Once a Jolly Swagman
1969
The Smashing Bird I Used to Know
5.1/7
A traumatized and troubled teenager is sent to an all-girls detention home where she strikes up an unlikely friendship with a fellow inmate.
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The Smashing Bird I Used to Know
1954
Time Is My Enemy
5.8/6
A happily-married woman is blackmailed by her first husband, who she wrongly believed was killed in the Blitz.
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Time Is My Enemy
1995
Bed
0/0
Surreal drama about seven old people living in the same bed, by Jim Cartwright.
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Bed
1985
Romance on the Orient Express
5.2/5
Lily, an American travelling on the famous Orient Express train from Venice, Italy to Paris, France, suddenly runs into her former lover, Alex, who me...
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Romance on the Orient Express
1961
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
6.8/155
British reporters suspect an international cover-up of a global disaster in progress... and they're right. Hysterical panic has engulfed the world aft...
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The Day the Earth Caught Fire
1993
Harnessing Peacocks
4.5/2
Sir John Mills, Peter Davison and Serena Scott Thomas star in this warm, funny and romantic story of a woman forced to make a new life for herself in...
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Harnessing Peacocks
1945
The Way to the Stars
5.9/24
Life on a British bomber base, and the surrounding towns, from the opening days of the Battle of Britain, to the arrival of the Americans, who join in...
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The Way to the Stars
1990
Life After Life
0/0
A 70 year old man gets shunned into a retirement home.
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Life After Life
1979
A Man Called Intrepid
7/2
During World War II, a wealthy Canadian uses his own money to help the Allies form an espionage network.
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A Man Called Intrepid
1984
Edwin
8/1
Touching comedy about a high court judge, now retired to his English countryside home, who resolves to end years of suspicion about his wife's fidelit...
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Edwin
1992
Memento Mori
6.2/5
Several elderly friends and acquaintances in 1950s London are disturbed to receive mysterious telephone calls predicting their impending deaths...
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Memento Mori
1949
The Cure for Love
0/0
Sergeant Jack Hardacre returns from the war to his contemptible fiancée Janey Jenkins intending to reconcile with her against all odds. But he falls i...
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The Cure for Love
1945
Caesar and Cleopatra
6.1/56
The aging Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen. Adapted by George Bernard Shaw from his own play.
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Caesar and Cleopatra
1987
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
6.4/7
A retrospective of the films of Britain's Hammer Studios, renowned for making stylish horror films in the 1950s, '60s and '70s. Included are clips fro...
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Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
1976
The Portland Millions
0/0
Annie Druce claims she is the heir to the Duke of Portland.
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