Renée Houston
- Recitazione
- 24 luglio 1902 · Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
- 9 febbraio 1980
Biografia
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
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Filmografia
- Legend of the Werewolf · Chou-Chou
- Carry On at Your Convenience · Agatha Spanner
- The Comic · Olive
- Doctor in the House
- W. Somerset Maugham · "Frank" Hickson
- ITV Playhouse
- River Rivals · Mrs. Fredericks
- La spia dal naso freddo · Lady Blanchflower
- Cul de sac · Christopher's Mother
- La strada sbagliata · 1st Woman at Party
- Secrets of a Windmill Girl
- Repulsione · Mme Balch
- Carry On Spying · Funhouse Madame
- Theatre 625 · Madame Remy
- The Rescue Squad · Mrs Manse, Mrs. Manse
- Tecnica di un crimine · Masie Maddox
- Carry On Cabby · Molly
- Nurse on Wheels · Mrs. Beacon
- Il Santo · Ida Warshed, Mrs. McAlister
- Man of the World · Mrs Van Kempson
- Out of the Fog · Ma
- Dr. Finlay's Casebook
- Il fantasma dell'Opera · Mrs. Tucker
- Twice Round the Daffodils · Matron
- No, My Darling Daughter · Miss Yardley
- Watch It, Sailor! · Mrs. Mottram
- Nato con la camicia · Mrs. Gray
- Maigret · Ja-Ja
- Le jene di Edimburgo · Helen Burke
- And the Same to You · Mildred Pomphret
- No Hiding Place
- La bocca della verità · Sara Monday
- The Big Money · Bobbie
- La chiave · Canteen Worker (uncredited)
- Them Nice Americans · Mrs. Adams
- L'alibi dell'ultima ora · Mrs. Harker
- Armchair Theatre · Ethel Watts
- La mia vita comincia in Malesia · Ebbey
- Robin Hood · Mother
- Track the Man Down · Pat Sherwood
- The Belles of St Trinian's · Miss Brimmer
- Lady Godiva Rides Again · Beattie
- Two Thousand Women · Maud Wright
- The Peterville Diamond · Lady Margaret
- Down Melody Lane · In persona
- Old Bill and Son · Stella Malloy
- A Girl Must Live · Gloria Lind
- Fine Feathers · Teenie McPherson
- Happy Days Are Here Again · Kitty Seymour, Soggetto
- No Monkey Business
- Mister Cinders · Mrs. Phipps
- Lost In The Legion · Mary McFee
- Radio Parade
- Their Night Out · Maggie Oliphant
- Come Into My Parlour · Jenny MacDonald