Renée Houston
Age: 77 | From: Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
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
(1962) Mrs. McAlister
Maigret
(1960) Ja-Ja
Repulsion
(1965) Mme Balch
The Key
(1958) Canteen Worker (uncredited)
The Phantom of the Opera
(1962) Mrs. Tucker
Legend of the Werewolf
(1975) Chou-Chou
The Flesh and the Fiends
(1960) Helen Burke
Time Without Pity
(1957) Mrs. HarkerActing
| 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 | Ida Warshed | |
| Mrs. McAlister | ||
| Ma | ||
| Masie Maddox | ||
| 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 |