Renée Houston
Born July 24, 1902 (Age: 123)
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Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
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
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.
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Filmography
Carry On at Your Convenience
1971
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as Agatha Spanner
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Age: 69
No Image
The Comic
1969
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as Olive
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Age: 67
Repulsion
1965
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as Mme Balch
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Age: 62
Carry On Spying
1964
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as Funhouse Madame
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Age: 61
The Rescue Squad
1963
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as Mrs Manse
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Age: 61
Tomorrow at Ten
1963
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as Masie Maddox
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Age: 60
Carry On Cabby
1963
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as Molly
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Age: 60
Nurse on Wheels
1963
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as Mrs. Beacon
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Age: 60
Out of the Fog
1962
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as Ma
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Age: 60
The Phantom of the Opera
1962
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as Mrs. Tucker
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Age: 59
Twice Round the Daffodils
1962
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as Matron
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Age: 59
No, My Darling Daughter
1961
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as Miss Yardley
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Age: 59
Watch It, Sailor!
1961
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as Mrs. Mottram
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Age: 59
Three on a Spree
1961
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as Mrs. Gray
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Age: 58
The Flesh and the Fiends
1960
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as Helen Burke
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Age: 57
And the Same to You
1960
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as Mildred Pomphret
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Age: 57
The Horse's Mouth
1958
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as Sara Monday
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Age: 56
The Big Money
1958
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as Bobbie
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Age: 55
The Key
1958
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as Canteen Worker (uncredited)
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Age: 55
No Image
The Nice Americans
1958
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as Mrs. Adams
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Age: 55
A Town Like Alice
1956
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as Ebbey
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Age: 53
Track the Man Down
1955
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as Pat Sherwood
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Age: 52
The Belles of St Trinian's
1954
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as Miss Brimmer
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Age: 52
Old Bill and Son
1941
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as Stella Malloy
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Age: 38
No Image
Come Into My Parlour
1932
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as Jenny MacDonald
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Age: 29