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Aliases: Рене Эшерсон , Dorothy Renée Ascherson

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Kensington, London, England, UK

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Movie Involvements: 19

TV Involvements: 3


Most Famous Work

Biography

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).

Most Famous Work

Midsomer Murders
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8

Midsomer Murders

(1997) Emily Simpson
The Others
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8

The Others

(2001) Old Lady
Henry V
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7

Henry V

(1944) Princess Katherine
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
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7

The Day the Earth Caught Fire

(1961) Angela (uncredited)
Rasputin: The Mad Monk
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6

Rasputin: The Mad Monk

(1966) Tsarina
Tenko
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8

Tenko

(1981) Sylvia Ashburton
The Small Back Room
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7

The Small Back Room

(1949) A.T.S. corporal
The Way Ahead
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6

The Way Ahead

(1944) Marjorie Gillingham

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2001 Old Lady
1999 N/A
1997 Emily Simpson
1995 Marjorie
1993 Louisa Fox
1992 Old Lady
Charmian Colston
1990 Rosie Treadwell
1989 Lady Norbert
Mrs. Bartholemew
1987 (archive footage)
1986 N/A
1985 Beatrice
1984 Lady Margaret Truscott
1981 Sylvia Ashburton
1979 Mrs. Wainwright
1978 N/A
1973 Mrs. Maxwell
1969 Anne Johnson
1966 Tsarina
1965 N/A
1961 Angela (uncredited)
1954 Barbara Everton
1953 Joan Rivers
1952 Miss Tagg
1951 Sally
1949 Milly Southern
A.T.S. corporal
Pat
1945 Iras (uncredited)
Iris Winterton
1944 Princess Katherine
Marjorie Gillingham
Year Character Movie/Tv

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