Renée Houston

Known for ActingBorn 1902-07-24Died 1980-02-09Johnstone, 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 encyclopediaRead more

Movies & web series

The Nice Americans

Lost In The Legion

River Rivals

Fine Feathers

Happy Days Are Here Again

Radio Parade

Come Into My Parlour

Mister Cinders

Repulsion

The Saint

No, My Darling Daughter

Theatre 625

Man of the World

Maigret

ITV Playhouse

Out of the Fog

Twice Round the Daffodils

Watch It, Sailor!

The Big Money

Cul-de-sac

No Monkey Business

Two Thousand Women

Their Night Out

The Horse's Mouth

Dr. Finlay's Casebook

The Flesh and the Fiends

Time Without Pity

The Phantom of the Opera

Carry On Cabby

Carry On Spying

Old Bill and Son

Three on a Spree

A Town Like Alice

The Adventures of Robin Hood

Carry On at Your Convenience

The Belles of St Trinian's

Nurse on Wheels

The Key

Track the Man Down

Tomorrow at Ten

Armchair Theatre

And the Same to You

Lady Godiva Rides Again

The Peterville Diamond

Legend of the Werewolf

Doctor in the House

The Idol

The Rescue Squad