Cast
Renée Houston
Acting
Cast
Renée Houston
Known for
Acting
Born
1902-07-24
From
Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
Died
1980-02-09
Also known as Renee Houston, Katherina Rita Murphy Gribbin
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
Repulsion
as Mme Balch
Cul-de-sac
as Christopher's Mother
Mister Cinders
as Mrs. Phipps
The Belles of St Trinian's
as Miss Brimmer
Fine Feathers
as Teenie McPherson
The Key
as Canteen Worker (uncredited)
The Phantom of the Opera
as Mrs. Tucker
Carry On at Your Convenience
as Agatha Spanner
Nurse on Wheels
as Mrs. Beacon
Time Without Pity
as Mrs. Harker
Twice Round the Daffodils
as Matron
Carry On Cabby
as Molly
Carry On Spying
as Funhouse Madame
A Town Like Alice
as Ebbey
The Idol
as 1st Woman at Party
Two Thousand Women
as Maud Wright
Tomorrow at Ten
as Masie Maddox
Legend of the Werewolf
as Chou-Chou
The Spy with a Cold Nose
as Lady Blanchflower
Lady Godiva Rides Again
as Beattie
The Flesh and the Fiends
as Helen Burke
The Horse's Mouth
as Sara Monday
The Big Money
as Bobbie
Radio Parade
And the Same to You
as Mildred Pomphret
The Peterville Diamond
as Lady Margaret
Track the Man Down
as Pat Sherwood
The Rescue Squad
as Mrs Manse
The Rescue Squad
as Mrs. Manse
No, My Darling Daughter
as Miss Yardley
Happy Days Are Here Again
as Kitty Seymour
A Girl Must Live
as Gloria Lind
Out of the Fog
as Ma
The Comic
as Olive
Three on a Spree
as Mrs. Gray
Watch It, Sailor!
as Mrs. Mottram
Old Bill and Son
as Stella Malloy
Secrets of a Windmill Girl
River Rivals
as Mrs. Fredericks
Come Into My Parlour
as Jenny MacDonald
Their Night Out
as Maggie Oliphant
No Monkey Business
Down Melody Lane
as Self
Lost In The Legion
as Mary McFee
The Nice Americans
as Mrs. Adams