Acting
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 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
Filmography
Legend of the Werewolf
Film · 1975
Carry On at Your Convenience
Film · 1971
The Comic
Film · 1969
Doctor in the House
Series · 1969
W. Somerset Maugham
Series · 1969
River Rivals
Film · 1967
ITV Playhouse
Series · 1967
Cul-de-sac
Film · 1966
The Spy with a Cold Nose
Film · 1966
Secrets of a Windmill Girl
Film · 1966
The Idol
Film · 1966
Repulsion
Film · 1965
Carry On Spying
Film · 1964
Theatre 625
Series · 1964
Carry On Cabby
Film · 1963
The Rescue Squad
Film · 1963
Nurse on Wheels
Film · 1963
Tomorrow at Ten
Film · 1963
The Rescue Squad
Film · 1963
The Phantom of the Opera
Film · 1962
Out of the Fog
Film · 1962
Twice Round the Daffodils
Film · 1962
The Saint
Series · 1962
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
Series · 1962
The Saint
Series · 1962
Man of the World
Series · 1962
Watch It, Sailor!
Film · 1961
No, My Darling Daughter
Film · 1961
Three on a Spree
Film · 1961
The Flesh and the Fiends
Film · 1960
And the Same to You
Film · 1960
Maigret
Series · 1960
No Hiding Place
Series · 1959
The Horse's Mouth
Film · 1958
The Nice Americans
Film · 1958
The Key
Film · 1958
The Big Money
Film · 1958
Time Without Pity
Film · 1957
A Town Like Alice
Film · 1956
Armchair Theatre
Series · 1956
Track the Man Down
Film · 1955
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Series · 1955
The Belles of St Trinian's
Film · 1954
Lady Godiva Rides Again
Film · 1951
Two Thousand Women
Film · 1944
The Peterville Diamond
Film · 1943
Down Melody Lane
Film · 1943
Old Bill and Son
Film · 1941
A Girl Must Live
Film · 1939
Fine Feathers
Film · 1937
Happy Days Are Here Again
Film · 1936
Mister Cinders
Film · 1935
No Monkey Business
Film · 1935
Lost In The Legion
Film · 1934
Radio Parade
Film · 1933
Their Night Out
Film · 1933
Come Into My Parlour
Film · 1932