Person Details

Birthday: 1902-07-24 22:30:33

Death: 1980-02-09 22:30:33

Aliases: Renée Houston

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK

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Movie Involvements: 17

TV Involvements: 3


Most Famous Work

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Renée Houston (24 July 1902 - 9 February 1980) was a Scottish comedy actress and revue artist who appeared in television and film roles. Born in Johnstone, Renfrewshire, as Katherina Houston Gribbin she toured music halls and revues with her sister Billie Houston as the "Houston Sisters". In 1926, the sisters made a short musical film, the script of which Renée had written. It was produced by Lee De Forest, whose process, Phonofilm, enabled a soundtrack to be played alongside the film (a year before The Jazz Singer). Houston married three times, the second was to the actor Pat Aherne, the brother of Brian Aherne. Her third husband was the actor Donald Stewart. In her later years, she specialised in "battleaxe" roles, notably as shop steward Vic Spanner's (Kenneth Cope) formidable mother in Carry On at Your Convenience (1971). She published her autobiography in 1974 which was entitled Don't Fence Me In. Houston was also in the early episodes of radio's The Clitheroe Kid and a regular guest on radio panel show The Petticoat Line chaired by Anona Winn. She died in London at the age of 77 on 9 February 1980.

Most Famous Work

The Saint
Average
7

The Saint

(1962) Mrs. McAlister
Maigret
Average
7

Maigret

(1960) Ja-Ja
Repulsion
Average
7

Repulsion

(1965) Mme Balch
The Key
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6

The Key

(1958) Canteen Worker (uncredited)
The Phantom of the Opera
Average
6

The Phantom of the Opera

(1962) Mrs. Tucker
Legend of the Werewolf
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5

Legend of the Werewolf

(1975) Chou-Chou
The Flesh and the Fiends
Average
7

The Flesh and the Fiends

(1960) Helen Burke
Time Without Pity
Average
7

Time Without Pity

(1957) Mrs. Harker

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1975 Chou-Chou
1971 Agatha Spanner
1969 Olive
N/A
1967 Mrs. Fredericks
1966 Lady Blanchflower
Christopher's Mother
1st Woman at Party
N/A
1965 Mme Balch
1964 Funhouse Madame
1963 Molly
Mrs. Beacon
N/A
1962 Mrs. McAlister
Ida Warshed
Masie Maddox
Ma
N/A
Mrs. Tucker
Matron
1961 Miss Yardley
Mrs. Mottram
Mrs. Gray
1960 Ja-Ja
Helen Burke
Mildred Pomphret
1959 N/A
1958 Sara Monday
Bobbie
Canteen Worker (uncredited)
Mrs. Adams
1957 Mrs. Harker
1956 Ebbey
1955 Pat Sherwood
1954 Miss Brimmer
1951 Beattie
1944 Maud Wright
1943 Lady Margaret
1941 Stella Malloy
1939 Gloria Lind
1936 Kitty Seymour
1934 Mary McFee
Mrs. Phipps
1933 N/A
Maggie Oliphant
1932 Jenny MacDonald
Year Character Movie/Tv

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1936 Story
Year Role Movie/Tv

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