
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

The Saint
TV • 1962

The Saint
TV • 1962

Theatre 625
TV • 1964

No Hiding Place
TV • 1959

Maigret
TV • 1960

Dr. Finlay's Casebook
TV • 1962

Man of the World
TV • 1962

Doctor in the House
TV • 1969

Cul-de-sac
MOVIE • 1966

Repulsion
MOVIE • 1965

Time Without Pity
MOVIE • 1957

Armchair Theatre
TV • 1956

The Key
MOVIE • 1958

The Belles of St Trinian's
MOVIE • 1954

Carry On at Your Convenience
MOVIE • 1971

A Town Like Alice
MOVIE • 1956

The Phantom of the Opera
MOVIE • 1962

Carry On Spying
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