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