Renée Houston
Born in Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK — Jul 24 1902• Died Feb 09 1980
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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 s…
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The Saint
Ida Warshed
Theatre 625
Madame Remy
No Hiding Place
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
Maigret
Ja-Ja
Man of the World
Mrs Van Kempson
Doctor in the House
ITV Playhouse
Repulsion
Mme Balch
Armchair Theatre
Ethel Watts
Cul-de-sac
Christopher's Mother
The Key
Canteen Worker (uncredited)
Carry On at Your Convenience
Agatha Spanner
The Horse's Mouth
Sara Monday
Carry On Spying
Funhouse Madame
Carry On Cabby
Molly
Nurse on Wheels
Mrs. Beacon
The Flesh and the Fiends
Helen Burke
Lady Godiva Rides Again
Beattie
The Idol
1st Woman at Party
Time Without Pity
Mrs. Harker
The Big Money
Bobbie
Old Bill and Son
Stella Malloy
The Belles of St Trinian's
Miss Brimmer
A Girl Must Live
Gloria Lind
The Phantom of the Opera
Mrs. Tucker
And the Same to You
Mildred Pomphret
Twice Round the Daffodils
Matron
The Spy with a Cold Nose
Lady Blanchflower
The Rescue Squad
Mrs Manse
Legend of the Werewolf
Chou-Chou
Mister Cinders
Mrs. Phipps
A Town Like Alice
Ebbey
Two Thousand Women
Maud Wright
Tomorrow at Ten
Masie Maddox
Track the Man Down
Pat Sherwood
Watch It, Sailor!
Mrs. Mottram
The Comic
Olive
Radio Parade
No, My Darling Daughter
Miss Yardley
Their Night Out
Maggie Oliphant
The Peterville Diamond
Lady Margaret
No Monkey Business
Out of the Fog
Ma
Three on a Spree
Mrs. Gray
Down Melody Lane
Self
The Nice Americans
Mrs. Adams
Secrets of a Windmill Girl
Happy Days Are Here Again
Kitty Seymour
Lost In The Legion
Mary McFee
Fine Feathers
Teenie McPherson
River Rivals
Mrs. Fredericks
Come Into My Parlour
Jenny MacDonald