Caroline Aherne
- Acting
- December 24, 1963 · Ealing, London, England, UK
- July 2, 2016
Biography
Caroline Aherne was a BAFTA winning comic writer and actress best known for her comic character Mrs Merton and for her sitcom The Royle Family. In the mid '90s she went by the name Caroline Hook, having taken her husband's name (New Order bassist Peter Hook) but reverted back to Aherne following their divorce. She died from cancer in 2016 at the age of 52.
Known for
Filmography
- Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy · Self
- Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family · Denise Royle (archive footage)
- The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa · Self / Denise Best (archive footage)
- The Fast Show: Just a Load of Blooming Catchphrases · Various Characters (Archive)
- Caroline Aherne at the BBC · Archive Material
- British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves · Denise Best (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Strange Hill High · Stephanie / Various (Voice)
- The Security Men · Writer
- Gogglebox · Narrator
- The Royle Family: Barbara's Old Ring · Denise Best, Director
- The Royle Family: Joe's Crackers · Denise, Writer
- The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa · Self
- The Golden Egg Cup · Denise Best, Director
- The Fattest Man in Britain · Writer
- The Royle Family: The New Sofa · Denise Best, Writer
- Sunshine · Donna
- Dossa and Joe · Writer, Director
- Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings · Self
- The Fast Show: You Ain’t Seen These, Right? · Additional Writing
- It's Only TV But I Like It · Self
- Mrs Merton and Malcolm
- The Royle Family · Denise Royle, Writer
- Fantasy World Cup · Self
- Parkinson · Self
- Clive Anderson All Talk · Self
- VIZ: Oh, Lordy! It's The Fat Slags in Blue Honeymoon
- TFI Friday
- The Frank Skinner Show · Self
- The World of Lee Evans · Daughter
- The Mrs Merton Show · Mrs. Merton, Creator
- The Fast Show · Various Characters
- The Dead Good Show · Various
- Frank Sidebottom's Fantastic Shed Show · Mrs Merton
- Comic Relief
- An Audience with... · Self