Renée Houston
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". 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
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Movies (43)
Legend of the Werewolf
as Chou-Chou
1975
Carry On at Your Convenience
as Agatha Spanner
1971
The Comic
as Olive
1969
River Rivals
as Mrs. Fredericks
1967
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
1966
Repulsion
as Mme Balch
1965
Carry On Spying
as Funhouse Madame
1964
The Rescue Squad
as Mrs Manse
1963
Tomorrow at Ten
as Masie Maddox
1963
Carry On Cabby
as Molly
1963
Nurse on Wheels
as Mrs. Beacon
1963
Out of the Fog
as Ma
1962
The Phantom of the Opera
as Mrs. Tucker
1962
Twice Round the Daffodils
as Matron
1962
No, My Darling Daughter
as Miss Yardley
1961
Watch It, Sailor!
as Mrs. Mottram
1961
Three on a Spree
as Mrs. Gray
1961
The Flesh and the Fiends
as Helen Burke
1960
And the Same to You
as Mildred Pomphret
1960
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
1958
Time Without Pity
as Mrs. Harker
1957
A Town Like Alice
as Ebbey
1956
Track the Man Down
as Pat Sherwood
1955
The Belles of St. Trinian's
as Miss Brimmer
1954
Lady Godiva Rides Again
as Beattie
1951
Two Thousand Women
as Maud Wright
1944
The Peterville Diamond
as Lady Margaret
1943
Down Melody Lane
as Self
1943
Old Bill and Son
as Stella Malloy
1941
A Girl Must Live
as Gloria Lind
1939
Fine Feathers
as Teenie McPherson
1937
Happy Days Are Here Again
as Kitty Seymour
1936
No Monkey Business
1935
Mister Cinders
as Mrs. Phipps
1935
Lost In The Legion
as Mary McFee
1934
Radio Parade
1933
Their Night Out
as Maggie Oliphant
1933
