1902-07-24 Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
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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Legend of the Werewolf | Chou-Chou | 1975-08-06 |
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Carry On at Your Convenience | Agatha Spanner | 1971-06-15 |
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The Comic | Olive | 1969-11-29 |
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River Rivals | Mrs. Fredericks | 1967-01-01 |
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The Spy with a Cold Nose | Lady Blanchflower | 1966-12-19 |
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Secrets of a Windmill Girl | 1966-01-02 | |
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Cul-de-sac | Christopher's Mother | 1966-06-17 |
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The Idol | 1st Woman at Party | 1966-02-01 |
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Repulsion | Mme Balch | 1965-06-01 |
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Carry On Spying | Funhouse Madame | 1964-06-01 |
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Nurse on Wheels | Mrs. Beacon | 1963-01-03 |
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The Rescue Squad | 1963-01-01 | |
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Carry On Cabby | Molly | 1963-06-01 |
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Twice Round the Daffodils | Matron | 1962-04-02 |
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Tomorrow at Ten | Masie Maddox | 1962-09-01 |
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Out of the Fog | Ma | 1962-09-01 |
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The Phantom of the Opera | Mrs. Tucker | 1962-06-25 |
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No, My Darling Daughter | Miss Yardley | 1961-08-22 |
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Watch It, Sailor! | Mrs. Mottram | 1961-08-14 |
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Three on a Spree | Mrs. Gray | 1961-06-28 |
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And the Same to You | Mildred Pomphret | 1960-02-01 |
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The Flesh and the Fiends | Helen Burke | 1960-02-02 |
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The Big Money | Bobbie | 1958-06-09 |
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Them Nice Americans | Mrs. Adams | 1958-01-01 |
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The Key | Canteen Worker (uncredited) | 1958-05-28 |
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The Horse's Mouth | Sara Monday | 1958-11-11 |
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Time Without Pity | Mrs. Harker | 1957-03-21 |
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A Town Like Alice | Ebbey | 1956-03-01 |
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Track the Man Down | Pat Sherwood | 1955-06-06 |
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The Belles of St. Trinian's | Miss Brimmer | 1954-09-28 |
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Lady Godiva Rides Again | Beattie | 1951-10-25 |
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Two Thousand Women | Maud Wright | 1944-11-06 |
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The Peterville Diamond | Lady Margaret | 1943-01-11 |
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Old Bill and Son | Stella Malloy | 1941-03-01 |
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A Girl Must Live | Gloria Lind | 1939-09-24 |
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Happy Days Are Here Again | Kitty Seymour | 1936-08-10 |
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Mister Cinders | Mrs. Phipps | 1934-01-01 |
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Lost In The Legion | Mary McFee | 1934-07-13 |
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Radio Parade | 1933-10-01 | |
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Their Night Out | Maggie Oliphant | 1933-03-01 |
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Come Into My Parlour | Jenny MacDonald | 1932-03-01 |
