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Dorothy Renée Asherson (born 19 May 1915), is an English actress of stage, film and television. Much of Asherson's theatrical career was spent in Shakespearean plays, appearing at such venues as the Old Vic, the Liverpool Playhouse and the Westminster Theatre. Her first stage appearance was on 17 October 1935, aged 20, and her first major film appearance was in the 1944 film The Way Ahead. Her most recent film appearance was in 2001's The Others, directed by Alejandro Amenábar. She was born in Kensington, London, England to Jewish parents, Charles Stephen Ascherson and Dorothy Lilian... MORE

Dorothy Renée Asherson (born 19 May 1915), is an English actress of stage, film and television. Much of Asherson's theatrical career was spent in Shakespearean plays, appearing at such venues as the Old Vic, the Liverpool Playhouse and the Westminster Theatre. Her first stage appearance was on 17 October 1935, aged 20, and her first major film appearance was in the 1944 film The Way Ahead. Her most recent film appearance was in 2001's The Others, directed by Alejandro Amenábar. She was born in Kensington, London, England to Jewish parents, Charles Stephen Ascherson and Dorothy Lilian Ascherson (née Wiseman). She was brought up in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire and in Switzerland and Anjou, and later trained for the stage at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. Asherson was married to fellow actor Robert Donat, with whom she had appeared in The Magic Box, from 1953 until his death in 1958. They had no children. Asherson made her first stage appearance on 17 October 1935, as a walk-on in John Gielgud's production of Romeo and Juliet, though she was also the second understudy for Juliet Capulet. For eighteen months from 1937 through 1938, Asherson was a member of the LESS