Caroline Aherne
Actor
- Born
- December 24, 1963 · Ealing, London, England, UK
- Died
- July 2, 2016 (age 52)
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
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
December 25, 2000
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
November 10, 2010
Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy
December 25, 2023
The Royle Family: Barbara's Old Ring
December 25, 2012
The Royle Family: The New Sofa
December 25, 2008
The Royle Family: Joe's Crackers
December 25, 2010
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
September 12, 2016
The Fast Show: Just a Load of Blooming Catchphrases
August 29, 2020
Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family
December 25, 2023
VIZ: Oh, Lordy! It's The Fat Slags in Blue Honeymoon
July 15, 1996
The Golden Egg Cup
December 25, 2009
The Fast Show: You Ain’t Seen These, Right?
September 11, 1999
Acting14
- 2023Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy as Self (archive footage)
- 2023Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family as Denise Royle (archive footage)
- 2023The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa as Self / Denise Best (archive footage)
- 2020The Fast Show: Just a Load of Blooming Catchphrases as Various Characters (Archive)
- 2016Caroline Aherne at the BBC as Archive Material
- 2016British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves as Denise Best (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2012The Royle Family: Barbara's Old Ring as Denise Best
- 2010The Royle Family: Joe's Crackers as Denise
- 2010The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa