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.
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Filmography
all 48
Movies 43
TV Shows 5
self 1
Legend of the Werewolf (1975)
Carry On at Your Convenience (1971)
The Comic (1969)
Doctor in the House (1969)
River Rivals (1967)
The Spy with a Cold Nose (1966)
Cul-de-sac (1966)
The Idol (1966)
Secrets of a Windmill Girl (1966)
Repulsion (1965)
Carry On Spying (1964)
Carry On Cabby (1963)
Nurse on Wheels (1963)
The Rescue Squad (1963)
The Saint (1962)
Out of the Fog (1962)
Tomorrow at Ten (1962)
Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1962)
The Phantom of the Opera (1962)
Twice Round the Daffodils (1962)
No, My Darling Daughter (1961)
Watch It, Sailor! (1961)
Three on a Spree (1961)
Maigret (1960)
The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)
And the Same to You (1960)
No Hiding Place (1959)
The Horse's Mouth (1958)
The Big Money (1958)
The Key (1958)
The Nice Americans (1958)
Time Without Pity (1957)
A Town Like Alice (1956)
Track the Man Down (1955)
The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954)
Lady Godiva Rides Again (1951)
Two Thousand Women (1944)
The Peterville Diamond (1943)
Old Bill and Son (1941)
A Girl Must Live (1939)
Happy Days Are Here Again (1936)
No Monkey Business (1935)
Variety (1935)
Lost In The Legion (1934)
Mister Cinders (1934)
Radio Parade (1933)
Their Night Out (1933)
Come Into My Parlour (1932)
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GenderFemale
Birthday1902-07-24
Deathday1980-02-09 (77 years old)
Birth PlaceLondon, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
Also Known AsRenee Houston, Katherina Rita Murphy Gribbin
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