---
name: "Renée Houston"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/renee-houston"
fi1m_id: "renee-houston"
imdb_id: "nm0396881"
tmdb_id: 39393
wikidata_id: "Q7313844"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "24 July 1902"
died: "9 February 1980"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T15:57:01.161407+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."
---

# Renée Houston

## Identity

Renée Houston

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/renee-houston
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** renee-houston
- **IMDb ID:** nm0396881
- **TMDB ID:** 39393
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7313844
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9e_Houston, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7313844, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0396881/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/39393

Actor. Born 24 July 1902 in Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK. Died 9 February 1980.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 24 July 1902, Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
- **Died:** 9 February 1980
- **Also known as:** Renee Houston, Katherina Rita Murphy Gribbin
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9e_Houston, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7313844, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0396881/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/39393

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Repulsion*](https://film.one/film/repulsion.md) (88)

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## Biography

Renée Houston (24 July 1902 – 9 February 1980) was a Scottish comedy actress and revue artist. Born Katherina Rita Murphy Gribbin in Johnstone, Renfrewshire, she began in music halls and revues, touring with her sister Billie Houston as the Houston Sisters. In 1926 the sisters appeared in a short musical film produced using Lee De Forest's Phonofilm process.

Houston appeared in numerous films from the 1930s onwards, often in character roles. She is noted for parts in *The Belles of St Trinian's* (1954), *Time Without Pity* (1957), *The Phantom of the Opera* (1962), *Carry On Cabby* (1963), *Carry On Spying* (1964), *Repulsion* (1965) as Mme Balch, *Cul-de-sac* (1966) and *Carry On at Your Convenience* (1971) as Agatha Spanner. She also worked in television and radio, including early episodes of *The Clitheroe Kid* and as a panellist on *The Petticoat Line*.

She was married three times, including to actors Pat Aherne and Donald Stewart. Houston published her autobiography, *Don't Fence Me In*, in 1974.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Repulsion* (1965), Fi1m 88, as Mme Balch — [page](https://film.one/film/repulsion.md)

## Complete filmography (54)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Legend of the Werewolf* (1975), as Chou-Chou
- *Carry On at Your Convenience* (1971), as Agatha Spanner
- *The Comic* (1969), as Olive
- *Doctor in the House* (1969), series, Actor
- *W. Somerset Maugham* (1969), series, as "Frank" Hickson
- *ITV Playhouse* (1967), series, Actor
- *River Rivals* (1967), as Mrs. Fredericks
- *The Spy with a Cold Nose* (1966), as Lady Blanchflower
- *Cul-de-sac* (1966), as Christopher's Mother
- *The Idol* (1966), as 1st Woman at Party
- *Secrets of a Windmill Girl* (1966), Actor
- *Repulsion* (1965), as Mme Balch — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/repulsion.md)
- *Carry On Spying* (1964), as Funhouse Madame
- *Theatre 625* (1964), series, as Madame Remy
- *The Rescue Squad* (1963), as Mrs Manse, Mrs. Manse
- *Tomorrow at Ten* (1963), as Masie Maddox
- *Carry On Cabby* (1963), as Molly
- *Nurse on Wheels* (1963), as Mrs. Beacon
- *The Saint* (1962), series, as Ida Warshed, Mrs. McAlister
- *Man of the World* (1962), series, as Mrs Van Kempson
- *Out of the Fog* (1962), as Ma
- *Dr. Finlay's Casebook* (1962), series, Actor
- *The Phantom of the Opera* (1962), as Mrs. Tucker
- *Twice Round the Daffodils* (1962), as Matron
- *No, My Darling Daughter* (1961), as Miss Yardley
- *Watch It, Sailor!* (1961), as Mrs. Mottram
- *Three on a Spree* (1961), as Mrs. Gray
- *Maigret* (1960), series, as Ja-Ja
- *The Flesh and the Fiends* (1960), as Helen Burke
- *And the Same to You* (1960), as Mildred Pomphret
- *No Hiding Place* (1959), series, Actor
- *The Horse's Mouth* (1958), as Sara Monday
- *The Big Money* (1958), as Bobbie
- *The Key* (1958), as Canteen Worker (uncredited)
- *The Nice Americans* (1958), as Mrs. Adams
- *Time Without Pity* (1957), as Mrs. Harker
- *Armchair Theatre* (1956), series, as Ethel Watts
- *A Town Like Alice* (1956), as Ebbey
- *The Adventures of Robin Hood* (1955), series, as Mother
- *Track the Man Down* (1955), as Pat Sherwood
- *The Belles of St Trinian's* (1954), as Miss Brimmer
- *Lady Godiva Rides Again* (1951), as Beattie
- *Two Thousand Women* (1944), as Maud Wright
- *The Peterville Diamond* (1943), as Lady Margaret
- *Old Bill and Son* (1941), as Stella Malloy
- *A Girl Must Live* (1939), as Gloria Lind
- *Fine Feathers* (1937), as Teenie McPherson
- *Happy Days Are Here Again* (1936), as Kitty Seymour · Story
- *No Monkey Business* (1935), Actor
- *Mister Cinders* (1935), as Mrs. Phipps
- *Lost In The Legion* (1934), as Mary McFee
- *Radio Parade* (1933), Actor
- *Their Night Out* (1933), as Maggie Oliphant
- *Come Into My Parlour* (1932), as Jenny MacDonald

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