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name: "Renée Asherson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/renee-asherson"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "19 May 1915"
died: "30 October 2014"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:15:56.475645+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Renée Asherson

Actor. Born 19 May 1915 in Kensington, London, England, UK. Died 30 October 2014.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 19 May 1915, Kensington, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 30 October 2014
- **Active:** 1981–2001
- **Also known as:** Рене Эшерсон, Dorothy Renée Ascherson

## Biography

Renée Asherson was an English actress, born Dorothy Renée Ascherson on 19 May 1915 in Kensington, London. She trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art and made her first stage appearance in 1935 in a John Gielgud production of Romeo and Juliet. Much of her theatrical career was spent in Shakespearean plays at venues including the Old Vic, the Liverpool Playhouse and the Westminster Theatre.

Her first major film appearance was in The Way Ahead (1944). She played Princess Katherine in Henry V (1944). Asherson was married to actor Robert Donat from 1953 until his death in 1958. Her last film appearance was as the Old Lady in The Others (2001). She died on 30 October 2014 in Primrose Hill, London, aged 99.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, theguardian.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Others* (2001), Fi1m 80, as Old Lady — [page](https://film.one/film/the-others.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Tenko* (1981), Actor

## Also known for

- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), Emily Simpson
- *Theatre of Blood* (1973), Mrs. Maxwell
- *The Day the Earth Caught Fire* (1961), Angela
- *Henry V* (1944), Princess Katherine
- *Rasputin: The Mad Monk* (1966), Tsarina
- *Grey Owl* (1999)
- *The Small Back Room* (1949), A.T.S. corporal
- *Caesar and Cleopatra* (1945), Iras (uncredited)

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