Renée Houston (24 July 1902 - 9 February 1980) was a Scottish comedy actress and revue artist who appeared in television and film roles.
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 (Movies)
Legend of the Werewolf
Character:Chou-Chou
Release Date:06/08/1975
Carry On at Your Convenience
Character:Agatha Spanner
Release Date:10/12/1971
The Comic
Character:Olive
Release Date:29/11/1969
River Rivals
Character:Mrs. Fredericks
Release Date:01/01/1967
The Spy with a Cold Nose
Character:Lady Blanchflower
Release Date:19/12/1966
Cul-de-sac
Character:Christopher's Mother
Release Date:17/06/1966
The Idol
Character:1st Woman at Party
Release Date:01/02/1966
Secrets of a Windmill Girl
Character:
Release Date:02/01/1966
Repulsion
Character:Mme Balch
Release Date:01/06/1965
Carry On Spying
Character:Funhouse Madame
Release Date:01/06/1964
The Rescue Squad
Character:Mrs Manse
Release Date:12/12/1963
The Rescue Squad
Character:Mrs. Manse
Release Date:12/12/1963
Tomorrow at Ten
Character:Masie Maddox
Release Date:23/06/1963
Carry On Cabby
Character:Molly
Release Date:01/06/1963
Nurse on Wheels
Character:Mrs. Beacon
Release Date:03/01/1963
Out of the Fog
Character:Ma
Release Date:01/09/1962
The Phantom of the Opera
Character:Mrs. Tucker
Release Date:25/06/1962
Twice Round the Daffodils
Character:Matron
Release Date:02/04/1962
No, My Darling Daughter
Character:Miss Yardley
Release Date:22/08/1961
Watch It, Sailor!
Character:Mrs. Mottram
Release Date:14/08/1961
Three on a Spree
Character:Mrs. Gray
Release Date:28/06/1961
The Flesh and the Fiends
Character:Helen Burke
Release Date:02/02/1960
And the Same to You
Character:Mildred Pomphret
Release Date:01/02/1960
The Horse's Mouth
Character:Sara Monday
Release Date:11/11/1958
The Big Money
Character:Bobbie
Release Date:09/06/1958
The Key
Character:Canteen Worker (uncredited)
Release Date:28/05/1958
The Nice Americans
Character:Mrs. Adams
Release Date:01/01/1958
Time Without Pity
Character:Mrs. Harker
Release Date:21/03/1957
A Town Like Alice
Character:Ebbey
Release Date:01/03/1956
Track the Man Down
Character:Pat Sherwood
Release Date:06/06/1955
The Belles of St. Trinian's
Character:Miss Brimmer
Release Date:28/09/1954
Lady Godiva Rides Again
Character:Beattie
Release Date:25/10/1951
Two Thousand Women
Character:Maud Wright
Release Date:06/11/1944
The Peterville Diamond
Character:Lady Margaret
Release Date:11/01/1943
Down Melody Lane
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1943
Old Bill and Son
Character:Stella Malloy
Release Date:01/03/1941
A Girl Must Live
Character:Gloria Lind
Release Date:24/09/1939
Fine Feathers
Character:Teenie McPherson
Release Date:26/12/1937
Happy Days Are Here Again
Character:Kitty Seymour
Release Date:10/08/1936
No Monkey Business
Character:
Release Date:21/11/1935
Mister Cinders
Character:Mrs. Phipps
Release Date:12/01/1935
Lost In The Legion
Character:Mary McFee
Release Date:13/07/1934
Radio Parade
Character:
Release Date:01/10/1933
Their Night Out
Character:Maggie Oliphant
Release Date:01/03/1933
Come Into My Parlour
Character:Jenny MacDonald
Release Date:01/03/1932
Television Appearances
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