Renée Houston
43 movies · 11 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 24, 1902
- Died
- Feb 9, 1980 (age 77)
- Place of birth
- Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
- Also known as
- Renee Houston · Katherina Rita Murphy Gribbin
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".
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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.
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Renée Houston: movies and TV shows
Acting (54)
- 1975 Legend of the Werewolf
as Chou-Chou
- 1971 Carry On at Your Convenience
as Agatha Spanner
- 1969 The Comic
as Olive
- 1969
- 1969
- 1967
- 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
- 1965 Repulsion
as Mme Balch
- 1964 Carry On Spying
as Funhouse Madame
- 1964
- 1963 The Rescue Squad
as Mrs Manse / Mrs. Manse
- 1963 Tomorrow at Ten
as Masie Maddox
- 1963 Carry On Cabby
as Molly
- 1963 Nurse on Wheels
as Mrs. Beacon
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962 Out of the Fog
as Ma
- 1962
- 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
- 1960 The Flesh and the Fiends
as Helen Burke
- 1960 And the Same to You
as Mildred Pomphret
- 1959
- 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
- 1956 A Town Like Alice
as Ebbey
- 1955
- 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
- 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
- 1935
- 1935 Mister Cinders
as Mrs. Phipps
- 1934 Lost In The Legion
as Mary McFee
- 1933
- 1933 Their Night Out
as Maggie Oliphant
- 1932 Come Into My Parlour
as Jenny MacDonald
Behind the camera (1)
- 1936
Talk shows and appearances (1)
- 1943