- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- July 24, 1902
- Place of Birth
- Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
- Died
- February 9, 1980
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…
Filmography
movieLegend of the Werewolf
1975 · Chou-Chou
movieCarry On at Your Convenience
1971 · Agatha Spanner
The Comic
movieThe Comic
1969 · Olive
tvDoctor in the House
1969
W. Somerset Maugham
tvW. Somerset Maugham
1969 · "Frank" Hickson
tvITV Playhouse
1967
River Rivals
movieRiver Rivals
1967 · Mrs. Fredericks
movieThe Spy with a Cold Nose
1966 · Lady Blanchflower
movieCul-de-sac
1966 · Christopher's Mother
movieThe Idol
1966 · 1st Woman at Party
movieSecrets of a Windmill Girl
1966
movieRepulsion
1965 · Mme Balch
movieCarry On Spying
1964 · Funhouse Madame
tvTheatre 625
1964 · Madame Remy
movieThe Rescue Squad
1963 · Mrs Manse, Mrs. Manse
movieTomorrow at Ten
1963 · Masie Maddox
movieCarry On Cabby
1963 · Molly
movieNurse on Wheels
1963 · Mrs. Beacon
tvThe Saint
1962 · Ida Warshed, Mrs. McAlister
tvMan of the World
1962 · Mrs Van Kempson
movieOut of the Fog
1962 · Ma
tvDr. Finlay's Casebook
1962
movieThe Phantom of the Opera
1962 · Mrs. Tucker
movieTwice Round the Daffodils
1962 · Matron
movieNo, My Darling Daughter
1961 · Miss Yardley
movieWatch It, Sailor!
1961 · Mrs. Mottram
movieThree on a Spree
1961 · Mrs. Gray
tvMaigret
1960 · Ja-Ja
movieThe Flesh and the Fiends
1960 · Helen Burke
movieAnd the Same to You
1960 · Mildred Pomphret
tvNo Hiding Place
1959
movieThe Horse's Mouth
1958 · Sara Monday
movieThe Big Money
1958 · Bobbie
movieThe Key
1958 · Canteen Worker (uncredited)
The Nice Americans
movieThe Nice Americans
1958 · Mrs. Adams
movieTime Without Pity
1957 · Mrs. Harker
tvArmchair Theatre
1956 · Ethel Watts
movieA Town Like Alice
1956 · Ebbey
movieTrack the Man Down
1955 · Pat Sherwood
movieThe Belles of St Trinian's
1954 · Miss Brimmer
movieLady Godiva Rides Again
1951 · Beattie
movieTwo Thousand Women
1944 · Maud Wright
movieThe Peterville Diamond
1943 · Lady Margaret
Down Melody Lane
movieDown Melody Lane
1943 · Self
movieOld Bill and Son
1941 · Stella Malloy
movieA Girl Must Live
1939 · Gloria Lind
Fine Feathers
movieFine Feathers
1937 · Teenie McPherson
Happy Days Are Here Again
movieHappy Days Are Here Again
1936 · Kitty Seymour, Story
movieNo Monkey Business
1935
movieMister Cinders
1935 · Mrs. Phipps
Lost In The Legion
movieLost In The Legion
1934 · Mary McFee
movieRadio Parade
1933
Their Night Out
movieTheir Night Out
1933 · Maggie Oliphant
Come Into My Parlour
movieCome Into My Parlour
1932 · Jenny MacDonald