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Renee Houston, Katherina Rita Murphy Gribbin
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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 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
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- wc Gender: Female
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1902-07-24
- event Death Date 1980-02-09
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 3.2
- info Birth Place Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Renée Houston
6.8
Cul-de-sac
1966-06-17
7.5
Repulsion
1965-06-01
6.5
Carry On Spying
1964-06-01
6.8
Two Thousand Women
1944-11-06
5.3
Legend of the Werewolf
1975-08-06
6.6
Time Without Pity
1957-03-21
6.8
The Horse's Mouth
1958-11-11
6.4
The Phantom of the Opera
1962-06-25
6.5
Carry On Cabby
1963-06-01
6.1
Carry On at Your Convenience
1971-12-10
6.5
The Flesh and the Fiends
1960-02-02
6.3
A Town Like Alice
1956-03-01
0
The Nice Americans
1958-01-01
6.5
Watch It, Sailor!
1961-08-14
5.8
Track the Man Down
1955-06-06
5.3
The Peterville Diamond
1943-01-11
3.3
The Spy with a Cold Nose
1966-12-19
6.3
Out of the Fog
1962-09-01
6.3
No, My Darling Daughter
1961-08-22
3
Secrets of a Windmill Girl
1966-01-02
0
Mister Cinders
1934-01-01
6
The Key
1958-05-28
4.3
A Girl Must Live
1939-09-24
5.6
And the Same to You
1960-02-01
5.9
Lady Godiva Rides Again
1951-10-25
0
Their Night Out
1933-03-01
0
Radio Parade
1933-10-01
6.5
Old Bill and Son
1941-03-01
5.3
Three on a Spree
1961-06-28
0
The Comic
1969-11-29
0
The Rescue Squad
1963-01-01
0
River Rivals
1967-01-01
0
Lost In The Legion
1934-07-13
0
Down Melody Lane
1943-01-01
4.9
The Idol
1966-02-01
0
Come Into My Parlour
1932-03-01
0
Happy Days Are Here Again
1936-08-10
6.2
The Belles of St. Trinian's
1954-09-28
6.6
Twice Round the Daffodils
1962-04-02
5.7
Nurse on Wheels
1963-01-03
6.2
Tomorrow at Ten
1962-09-01
6.4
The Big Money
1958-06-09
0
Fine Feathers
1937-12-26
7.3
The Saint
1962-10-04
6
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1962-08-16
3.7
No Hiding Place
1959-09-16
7.3
The Saint
1962-10-04
6.9
Maigret
1960-10-31
4.3
Doctor in the House
1969-07-12