RENÉE HOUSTON
ACTING
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.
- Cul-de-sac1966
- Repulsion1965
- Carry On Spying1964
- Two Thousand Women1944
- Legend of the Werewolf1975
- The Horse's Mouth1958
- Time Without Pity1957
- The Phantom of the Opera1962
- Carry On Cabby1963
- Carry On at Your Convenience1971
- The Flesh and the Fiends1960
- A Town Like Alice1956
- Track the Man Down1955
- The Peterville Diamond1943
- Out of the Fog1962
- No, My Darling Daughter1961
- And the Same to You1960
- A Girl Must Live1939
- Lady Godiva Rides Again1951
- Three on a Spree1961
- The Comic1969
- The Idol1966
- The Belles of St. Trinian's1954
- Nurse on Wheels1963
- Tomorrow at Ten1962
- The Big Money1958
- Watch It, Sailor!1961
- The Spy with a Cold Nose1966
- The Key1958
- The Saint1962
- The Saint1962
- Maigret1960