Renée Houston
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
Christopher's Mother
Cul-de-sac
Mme Balch
Repulsion
Funhouse Madame
Carry On Spying
Maud Wright
Two Thousand Women
Chou-Chou
Legend of the Werewolf
Mrs. Harker
Time Without Pity
Sara Monday
The Horse's Mouth
Mrs. Tucker
The Phantom of the Opera
Molly
Carry On Cabby
Agatha Spanner
Carry On at Your Convenience
Helen Burke
The Flesh and the Fiends
Ebbey
A Town Like Alice
Mrs. Adams
Them Nice Americans
Mrs. Mottram
Watch It, Sailor!
Pat Sherwood
Track the Man Down
Lady Margaret
The Peterville Diamond
Lady Blanchflower
The Spy with a Cold Nose
Ma
Out of the Fog
Miss Yardley
No, My Darling Daughter
Secrets of a Windmill Girl
Mrs. Phipps
Mister Cinders
Canteen Worker (uncredited)
The Key
Gloria Lind
A Girl Must Live
Mildred Pomphret
And the Same to You
Beattie
Lady Godiva Rides Again
Maggie Oliphant
Their Night Out
Radio Parade
Stella Malloy
Old Bill and Son
Mrs. Gray
Three on a Spree
Olive
The Comic
Mrs Manse
The Rescue Squad
Mrs. Fredericks
River Rivals
Mary McFee
Lost In The Legion
Self
Down Melody Lane
1st Woman at Party
The Idol
Jenny MacDonald
Come Into My Parlour
Kitty Seymour
Happy Days Are Here Again
Miss Brimmer
The Belles of St. Trinian's
Matron
Twice Round the Daffodils
Mrs. Beacon
Nurse on Wheels
Masie Maddox
Tomorrow at Ten
Bobbie
The Big Money
Teenie McPherson
Fine Feathers
No Monkey Business
Mrs. Manse
The Rescue Squad
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
45
Gender
Female
Birthday
1902-07-24
Place of Birth
Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
Also Known As
Renee Houston