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Renée Houston
Born · July 24, 1902
Died · February 9, 1980 (77 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
Bio
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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Legend of the Werewolf
Chou-Chou
5.3
1975
Carry On at Your Convenience
Agatha Spanner
6.2
1971
The Comic
Olive
0.0
1969
Doctor in the House
(26 episodes)
4.3
1969
River Rivals
Mrs. Fredericks
0.0
1967
The Spy with a Cold Nose
Lady Blanchflower
3.3
1966
Cul-de-sac
Christopher's Mother
6.8
1966
The Idol
1st Woman at Party
4.9
1966
Secrets of a Windmill Girl
3.0
1966
Repulsion
Mme Balch
7.4
1965
Carry On Spying
Funhouse Madame
6.4
1964
Tomorrow at Ten
Masie Maddox
6.1
1963
Carry On Cabby
Molly
6.4
1963
Nurse on Wheels
Mrs. Beacon
5.7
1963
The Rescue Squad
Mrs Manse
4.0
1963
The Saint
Ida Warshed · (1 episode)
7.3
1962
The Saint
Mrs. McAlister · (1 episode)
7.3
1962
Out of the Fog
Ma
6.5
1962
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
(1 episode)
6.0
1962
The Phantom of the Opera
Mrs. Tucker
6.4
1962
Twice Round the Daffodils
Matron
6.6
1962
No, My Darling Daughter
Miss Yardley
6.3
1961
Watch It, Sailor!
Mrs. Mottram
6.5
1961
Three on a Spree
Mrs. Gray
5.3
1961
Maigret
Ja-Ja · (1 episode)
6.9
1960
The Flesh and the Fiends
Helen Burke
6.6
1960
And the Same to You
Mildred Pomphret
5.6
1960
No Hiding Place
(2 episodes)
3.7
1959
The Horse's Mouth
Sara Monday
6.7
1958
The Big Money
Bobbie
6.4
1958
The Key
Canteen Worker (uncredited)
6.0
1958
The Nice Americans
Mrs. Adams
0.0
1958
Time Without Pity
Mrs. Harker
6.6
1957
A Town Like Alice
Ebbey
6.3
1956
Track the Man Down
Pat Sherwood
5.8
1955
The Belles of St. Trinian's
Miss Brimmer
6.3
1954
Lady Godiva Rides Again
Beattie
5.8
1951
Two Thousand Women
Maud Wright
6.9
1944
The Peterville Diamond
Lady Margaret
5.3
1943
Down Melody Lane
Self
0.0
1943
Old Bill and Son
Stella Malloy
6.5
1941
A Girl Must Live
Gloria Lind
4.3
1939
Fine Feathers
Teenie McPherson
0.0
1937
Happy Days Are Here Again
Kitty Seymour
0.0
1936
Lost In The Legion
Mary McFee
0.0
1934
Mister Cinders
Mrs. Phipps
0.0
1934
Radio Parade
0.0
1933
Their Night Out
Maggie Oliphant
0.0
1933
Come Into My Parlour
Jenny MacDonald
0.0
1932