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