Name Renee Houston Role Actress | Books Don\'t Fence Me in | |
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Children Jean Poulter, Alan Poulter Movies Repulsion, The Horse\'s Mouth, Cul‑de‑sac, Carry On at Your Convenience, The Flesh and the Fiends Similar People Pat Aherne, Frank Launder, Gerald Thomas, Peter Rogers, Ronald Neame | ||
Renee houston donald stewart workers playtime excerpt 18 06 1946
Renée Houston (24 July 1902 – 9 February 1980) was a Scottish comedy actress and revue artist who appeared in television and film roles.
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- Renee houston donald stewart workers playtime excerpt 18 06 1946
- Renee Houston At Home 1936
- Selected filmography
- References
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 Renee 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 Patrick 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.
Renee Houston At Home (1936)
Selected filmography
Films
Television