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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.
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19 December 1966
A dog with a spying device under its skin is sent to the Russian government as a present. When the Russians send the dog to a veterinary, British intelligence must get to the dog first and retrieve the spying device.
01 February 1966
A rebellious student embarks on an affair with the mother of his best friend, leading to disastrous consequences.
10 August 1936
A pair of sisters have ambitions to take to the stage when they realize that their parent's act is finished.
01 March 1933
An evening of cocktails and frolicking lands a chap in hot water when he's suspected of masterminding a criminal gang!
01 March 1956
In 1941 Malaysia, the advancing Japanese army captures a lot of British territory very quickly. The men are sent off to labor camps, but they have no plan on what to do with the women and children of the British.
28 June 1961
A young man will inherit a huge fortune--8 million pounds--but to qualify, he must spend a million pounds in just two months.
11 January 1943
Frantic farce involving a neglected wife, a stolen diamond and four identical briefcases.
01 February 1960
Dickie Dreadnought is the boxing-mad nephew of pious clergyman Reverend Sydney Mullet. To mollify his disapproving uncle, Dickie embarks on an elaborate plan to keep his budding boxing career a secret, with he and his tough-talking promoter Wally Burton both pretending to be devout 'men of the cloth'.
26 December 1937
A Scottish shop-girl gets mixed up with crooks then has to pose as the mistress of the Crown Prince of Boravia.
25 October 1951
Marjory Clark wins a competition in her Midland town and finds herself in a Festival of Britain procession as Lady Godiva - though not in the buff.
01 January 1958
American airman loves English girl whose father refuses permission for their marriage out of hatred for all Yankees.
09 June 1958
Petty thief Willie Frith steals a suitcase full of bank notes, only to find out that they have been given all the same serial number.
23 June 1963
A British policeman (John Gregson) tries to find a rich man's (Alec Clunes) son before a kidnapper's (Robert Shaw) time bomb blows.
01 June 1965
Beautiful young manicurist Carole suffers from androphobia (the pathological fear of interaction with men).
12 January 1935
The Cinderella story is reversed in this light-hearted adaptation, with Cinders a young man who eventually wins the 'princess' – in this case, an oil millionaire's daughter!
17 June 1966
On the run and in search of help, two wounded gangsters find refuge in the secluded castle of a feeble man and his wife; however, under the point of a gun, nothing is what it seems.
12 December 1963
A party of children playing on a moor lose their toy aeroplane which flies through the window of a lonely tower.
01 October 1933
Radio Parade (1933) is a variety film featuring such stars of the time as Clapham and Dwyer, Gert and Daisy, Reginald Gardiner, Florence Desmond, and Roy Fox.
28 May 1958
In wartime England, circa 1941, poorly-armed tugs are sent into "U-Boat Alley" to rescue damaged Allied ships.
02 February 1960
Edinburgh surgeon Dr. Robert Knox requires cadavers for his research into the functioning of the human body; local ne'er-do-wells Burke and Hare find ways to provide him with fresh specimens.
03 January 1963
Quietly competent young Joanna moves with her scatterbrain mother to a country village to take up her first job as District Nurse.
25 June 1962
A London opera house is haunted by tragic events on its opening night, but when its star is kidnapped, a producer tracks down the Phantom who is intent on seeking his revenge.
01 September 1962
Scotland Yard is thrown into an uproar when a mad killer begins knocking off beautiful young blondes.
21 March 1957
Alec Graham is sentenced to death for the murder of his girlfriend Jennie, with whom he spent a weekend at the English country home of the parents of his friend Brian Stanford.
14 August 1961
Sailor Albert gets a message from the Navy saying he can't marry for certain unexplained legal reasons.
10 December 1971
At WC Boggs' Lavatory factory, Vic Spanner is the union representative who calls a strike at the drop of a hat.
28 September 1954
The unruly schoolgirls of St Trinian's are more interested in men and mischief than homework and hockey.
01 March 1941
Old Bill has grumbled his way through the trenches of the First World War. Now it is the Second and, envious of his son, Young Bill, he decides to enlist.
29 November 1969
The story of a comedian with a talent close to genius but with an insecurity problem.
06 August 1975
In 19th-century Paris, a man raised by wolves works at a travelling circus, but on full moon nights, he transforms into a dangerous beast.
01 June 1964
Carry On favourite Barbara Windsor makes her debut in this outrageous send-up of the James Bond movies.
24 September 1939
A run-away school-girl falls among chorus girls planning to marry into the nobility.
22 August 1961
A British business tycoon is surprised to discover his teenage daughter is being courted by a mysterious young man.
01 June 1963
Speedee Taxis is a great success, which means its workaholic owner Charlie starts neglecting Peggy, his wife.
01 January 1943
The story of a Variety Theatre, illustrated by performers from its past.
11 November 1958
Gulley Jimson is a boorish aging artist recently released from prison. A swindler in search of his next art project, he hunkers down in the penthouse of would-be patrons the Beeders while they go on an extended vacation; he paints a mural on their wall, pawns their valuables and, along with the sculptor Abel, inadvertently smashes a large hole in their floor.
02 January 1966
One Windmill girl tells the tragic history of another who took to drink and, finally, killed herself after working in strip clubs.
06 November 1944
During the Second World War, three downed English airmen hide out with women's internment camp in France.
01 January 1967
Two families and their children are rivals in a forthcoming race for do-it-yourself boat builders. (7 episodes, each 14-21 minutes.
02 April 1962
Twice Round the Daffodils is a 1962 British comedy drama film directed by Gerald Thomas and starring Juliet Mills, Donald Sinden, Donald Houston, Kenneth Williams, Ronald Lewis, Andrew Ray, Joan Sims and Jill Ireland.
21 November 1935
To help his partner win the daughter of an anthropologist, an actor pretends to be an ape.
01 March 1932
A barber who mistakenly believes he has killed a burglar and seeks shelter in the home of a manicurist.
06 June 1955
A newspaper reporter finds himself drawn into the aftermath of a racetrack robbery.
13 July 1934
Two ship's cooks get lost in the desert and unwittingly enroll in the Foreign Legion!
