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