Renée Houston
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 24, 1902
- Died
- February 9, 1980 (aged 77)
- Birthplace
- Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
Biography
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
Known For
Filmography
Legend of the Werewolf
Movie · as Chou-Chou
Carry On at Your Convenience
Movie · as Agatha Spanner
The Comic
Movie · as Olive
Doctor in the House
TV · 26 eps
W. Somerset Maugham
TV · as "Frank" Hickson · 1 ep
River Rivals
Movie · as Mrs. Fredericks
ITV Playhouse
TV · 1 ep
Trapped
TV · as Ivy · 1 ep
Cul-de-sac
Movie · as Christopher's Mother
The Spy with a Cold Nose
Movie · as Lady Blanchflower
Secrets of a Windmill Girl
Movie
The Idol
Movie · as 1st Woman at Party
Repulsion
Movie · as Mme Balch
Carry On Spying
Movie · as Funhouse Madame
Theatre 625
TV · as Madame Remy · 1 ep
Carry On Cabby
Movie · as Molly
The Rescue Squad
Movie · as Mrs Manse, Mrs. Manse
Nurse on Wheels
Movie · as Mrs. Beacon
Tomorrow at Ten
Movie · as Masie Maddox
The Phantom of the Opera
Movie · as Mrs. Tucker
Out of the Fog
Movie · as Ma
Twice Round the Daffodils
Movie · as Matron
The Saint
TV · as Ida Warshed, Mrs. McAlister · 1 ep
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
TV · 1 ep
Man of the World
TV · as Mrs Van Kempson · 1 ep
Watch It, Sailor!
Movie · as Mrs. Mottram
No, My Darling Daughter
Movie · as Miss Yardley
Three on a Spree
Movie · as Mrs. Gray
The Flesh and the Fiends
Movie · as Helen Burke
And the Same to You
Movie · as Mildred Pomphret
Maigret
TV · as Ja-Ja · 1 ep
No Hiding Place
TV · 2 eps
The Horse's Mouth
Movie · as Sara Monday
The Nice Americans
Movie · as Mrs. Adams
The Key
Movie · as Canteen Worker (uncredited)
The Big Money
Movie · as Bobbie
Time Without Pity
Movie · as Mrs. Harker
A Town Like Alice
Movie · as Ebbey
Armchair Theatre
TV · as Ethel Watts · 1 ep
Track the Man Down
Movie · as Pat Sherwood
The Adventures of Robin Hood
TV · as Mother · 1 ep
The Belles of St Trinian's
Movie · as Miss Brimmer
Lady Godiva Rides Again
Movie · as Beattie
Two Thousand Women
Movie · as Maud Wright
The Peterville Diamond
Movie · as Lady Margaret
Down Melody Lane
Movie · as Self
Old Bill and Son
Movie · as Stella Malloy
A Girl Must Live
Movie · as Gloria Lind
Fine Feathers
Movie · as Teenie McPherson
Happy Days Are Here Again
Movie · as Kitty Seymour
Mister Cinders
Movie · as Mrs. Phipps
No Monkey Business
Movie
Lost In The Legion
Movie · as Mary McFee
Their Night Out
Movie · as Maggie Oliphant
Radio Parade
Movie
Come Into My Parlour
Movie · as Jenny MacDonald