Acting
Caroline Aherne
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 Orde...
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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.
Movies
Known for
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa2010 · Self4.2
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings2000 · Self3.5
VIZ: Oh, Lordy! It's The Fat Slags in Blue Honeymoon1996 · Cast5.0
The Fattest Man in Britain2009 · Writer3.0
Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy2023 · Self (archive footage)4.0
The Royle Family: The New Sofa2008 · Denise Best3.9
The Royle Family: Joe's Crackers2010 · Denise3.6
The Royle Family: Barbara's Old Ring2012 · Denise Best3.5Cast
Cast credits
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa2010 · Self4.2Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings2000 · Self3.5VIZ: Oh, Lordy! It's The Fat Slags in Blue Honeymoon1996 · Cast5.0Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy2023 · Self (archive footage)4.0The Royle Family: The New Sofa2008 · Denise Best3.9The Royle Family: Joe's Crackers2010 · Denise3.6The Royle Family: Barbara's Old Ring2012 · Denise Best3.5
The Golden Egg Cup2009 · Denise Best4.0
The Fast Show: Just a Load of Blooming Catchphrases2020 · Various Characters (Archive)3.3
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves2016 · Denise Best (archive footage) (uncredited)2.9
The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa2023 · Self / Denise Best (archive footage)
Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family2023 · Denise Royle (archive footage)
Caroline Aherne at the BBC2016 · Archive MaterialCrew
