Renée Houston

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

The Saint

The Saint

Maigret

No Hiding Place

Theatre 625

ITV Playhouse

Dr. Finlay's Casebook

Man of the World

All Movies (45)

• Legend of the Werewolf1975 · as Chou-Chou
• Carry On at Your Convenience1971 · as Agatha Spanner
• The Comic1969 · as Olive
• River Rivals1967 · as Mrs. Fredericks
• The Spy with a Cold Nose1966 · as Lady Blanchflower
• Cul-de-sac1966 · as Christopher's Mother
• The Idol1966 · as 1st Woman at Party
• Secrets of a Windmill Girl1966
• Repulsion1965 · as Mme Balch
• Carry On Spying1964 · as Funhouse Madame
• The Rescue Squad1963 · as Mrs Manse
• The Rescue Squad1963 · as Mrs. Manse
• Tomorrow at Ten1963 · as Masie Maddox
• Carry On Cabby1963 · as Molly
• Nurse on Wheels1963 · as Mrs. Beacon
• Out of the Fog1962 · as Ma
• The Phantom of the Opera1962 · as Mrs. Tucker
• Twice Round the Daffodils1962 · as Matron
• No, My Darling Daughter1961 · as Miss Yardley
• Watch It, Sailor!1961 · as Mrs. Mottram
• Three on a Spree1961 · as Mrs. Gray
• The Flesh and the Fiends1960 · as Helen Burke
• And the Same to You1960 · as Mildred Pomphret
• The Horse's Mouth1958 · as Sara Monday
• The Big Money1958 · as Bobbie
• The Key1958 · as Canteen Worker (uncredited)
• The Nice Americans1958 · as Mrs. Adams
• Time Without Pity1957 · as Mrs. Harker
• A Town Like Alice1956 · as Ebbey
• Track the Man Down1955 · as Pat Sherwood
• The Belles of St Trinian's1954 · as Miss Brimmer
• Lady Godiva Rides Again1951 · as Beattie
• Two Thousand Women1944 · as Maud Wright
• The Peterville Diamond1943 · as Lady Margaret
• Down Melody Lane1943 · as Self
• Old Bill and Son1941 · as Stella Malloy
• A Girl Must Live1939 · as Gloria Lind
• Fine Feathers1937 · as Teenie McPherson
• Happy Days Are Here Again1936 · as Kitty Seymour
• No Monkey Business1935
• Mister Cinders1935 · as Mrs. Phipps
• Lost In The Legion1934 · as Mary McFee
• Radio Parade1933
• Their Night Out1933 · as Maggie Oliphant
• Come Into My Parlour1932 · as Jenny MacDonald

All TV Shows (11)

• Doctor in the House1969
• W. Somerset Maugham1969 · as "Frank" Hickson
• ITV Playhouse1967
• Theatre 6251964 · as Madame Remy
• The Saint1962 · as Ida Warshed
• The Saint1962 · as Mrs. McAlister
• Man of the World1962 · as Mrs Van Kempson
• Dr. Finlay's Casebook1962
• Maigret1960 · as Ja-Ja
• No Hiding Place1959
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Ethel Watts