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Actor
Caroline Aherne
- Born December 24, 1963 in Ealing, London, England, UK
- Died July 2, 2016
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
The Royle Family1998
The Fast Show1994
Gogglebox2013
The Mrs Merton Show1995
TFI Friday1996
Strange Hill High2013
The World of Lee Evans1995
Sunshine2008
Filmography
- 2023Caroline Aherne: Queen of ComedyFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2023Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle FamilyFilmDenise Royle (archive footage)
- 2023The Royle Family - Down the Back of the SofaFilmSelf / Denise Best (archive footage)
- 2020The Fast Show: Just a Load of Blooming CatchphrasesFilmVarious Characters (Archive)
- 2016British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at OurselvesFilmDenise Best (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2016Caroline Aherne at the BBCFilmArchive Material
- 2013GoggleboxSeriesNarrator
- 2013Strange Hill HighSeriesStephanie / Various (voice)
- 2013The Security MenFilmWriter
- 2012The Royle Family: Barbara's Old RingFilmDenise Best, Writer, Director
- 2010The Royle Family: Behind the SofaFilmSelf
- 2010The Royle Family: Joe's CrackersFilmDenise, Writer, Director
- 2009The Fattest Man in BritainFilmWriter
- 2009The Golden Egg CupFilmDenise Best, Director, Writer
- 2008SunshineSeriesDonna
- 2008The Royle Family: The New SofaFilmDenise Best, Writer, Director
- 2002Dossa and JoeSeriesDirector, Writer, Creator
- 2000Victoria Wood with All the TrimmingsFilmSelf
- 1999Mrs Merton and MalcolmSeries
- 1999It's Only TV But I Like ItSeriesSelf
- 1999The Fast Show: You Ain’t Seen These, Right?FilmAdditional Writing
- 1998The Royle FamilySeriesDenise Royle, Producer, Writer, Director, Creator
- 1998Fantasy World CupSeriesSelf
- 1998ParkinsonSeriesSelf
- 1996TFI FridaySeries
- 1996Clive Anderson All TalkSeriesSelf
- 1996VIZ: Oh, Lordy! It's The Fat Slags in Blue HoneymoonFilm
- 1995The Mrs Merton ShowSeriesMrs. Merton, Creator
- 1995The World of Lee EvansSeriesDaughter
- 1995The Frank Skinner ShowSeriesSelf
- 1994The Fast ShowSeriesVarious Characters
- 1992Frank Sidebottom's Fantastic Shed ShowSeriesMrs Merton
- 1992The Dead Good ShowSeriesVarious
- 1988Comic ReliefSeries
- 1978An Audience with...SeriesSelf