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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 24, 1902
Died
February 9, 1980
Place of Birth
Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
Also Known As
- Renee Houston
- Katherina Rita Murphy Gribbin
Renée Houston
0.5 Popularity
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
Known For
5.2
Chou-Chou
Legend of the Werewolf
1975
6.2
Agatha Spanner
Carry On at Your Convenience
1971
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Olive
The Comic
1969
4.4
Doctor in the House
1969
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Mrs. Fredericks
River Rivals
1967
2.8
Lady Blanchflower
The Spy with a Cold Nose
1966
6.7
Christopher's Mother
Cul-de-sac
1966
4.4
1st Woman at Party
The Idol
1966
2.5
Secrets of a Windmill Girl
1966
7.4
Mme Balch
Repulsion
1965
Credits
Legend of the Werewolf
as Chou-Chou
1975
5.2
Carry On at Your Convenience
as Agatha Spanner
1971
6.2
🎬
The Comic
as Olive
1969
0.0
Doctor in the House
1969
4.4
🎬
River Rivals
as Mrs. Fredericks
1967
0.0
The Spy with a Cold Nose
as Lady Blanchflower
1966
2.8
Cul-de-sac
as Christopher's Mother
1966
6.7
The Idol
as 1st Woman at Party
1966
4.4
Secrets of a Windmill Girl
1966
2.5
Repulsion
as Mme Balch
1965
7.4
Carry On Spying
as Funhouse Madame
1964
6.4
Theatre 625
as Madame Remy
1964
7.2
The Rescue Squad
as Mrs Manse
1963
4.5
The Rescue Squad
as Mrs. Manse
1963
4.5
Tomorrow at Ten
as Masie Maddox
1963
5.7
Carry On Cabby
as Molly
1963
6.4
Nurse on Wheels
as Mrs. Beacon
1963
5.8
The Saint
as Ida Warshed
1962
7.4
The Saint
as Mrs. McAlister
1962
7.4
Man of the World
as Mrs Van Kempson
1962
7.0
Out of the Fog
as Ma
1962
6.5
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1962
6.0
The Phantom of the Opera
as Mrs. Tucker
1962
6.4
Twice Round the Daffodils
as Matron
1962
6.6
No, My Darling Daughter
as Miss Yardley
1961
6.3
Watch It, Sailor!
as Mrs. Mottram
1961
6.5
Three on a Spree
as Mrs. Gray
1961
6.0
Maigret
as Ja-Ja
1960
7.2
The Flesh and the Fiends
as Helen Burke
1960
6.5
And the Same to You
as Mildred Pomphret
1960
5.6
No Hiding Place
1959
3.7
The Horse's Mouth
as Sara Monday
1958
6.7
The Big Money
as Bobbie
1958
6.4
The Key
as Canteen Worker (uncredited)
1958
6.0
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The Nice Americans
as Mrs. Adams
1958
0.0
Time Without Pity
as Mrs. Harker
1957
6.5
A Town Like Alice
as Ebbey
1956
6.3
Track the Man Down
as Pat Sherwood
1955
5.8
The Belles of St. Trinian's
as Miss Brimmer
1954
6.3
Lady Godiva Rides Again
as Beattie
1951
5.8
Two Thousand Women
as Maud Wright
1944
6.9
The Peterville Diamond
as Lady Margaret
1943
5.3
🎬
Down Melody Lane
as Self
1943
0.0
Old Bill and Son
as Stella Malloy
1941
6.5
A Girl Must Live
as Gloria Lind
1939
3.5
🎬
Fine Feathers
as Teenie McPherson
1937
0.0
🎬
Happy Days Are Here Again
as Kitty Seymour
1936
0.0
No Monkey Business
1935
0.0
Mister Cinders
as Mrs. Phipps
1935
0.0
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Lost In The Legion
as Mary McFee
1934
0.0
Radio Parade
1933
0.0
🎬
Their Night Out
as Maggie Oliphant
1933
6.0
🎬
Come Into My Parlour
as Jenny MacDonald
1932
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