Renée Houston
Actor
- Born
- July 24, 1902 · Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
- Died
- February 9, 1980 (age 77)
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".
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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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Known for
Acting44
- 1975Legend of the Werewolf as Chou-Chou
- 1971Carry On at Your Convenience as Agatha Spanner
- 1969The Comic as Olive
- 1967River Rivals as Mrs. Fredericks
- 1966The Spy with a Cold Nose as Lady Blanchflower
- 1966Cul-de-sac as Christopher's Mother
- 1966The Idol as 1st Woman at Party
- 1966Secrets of a Windmill Girl
- 1965Repulsion as Mme Balch
- 1964Carry On Spying as Funhouse Madame
