Caroline Aherne
Acting • Born 1963-12-24 – Died 2016-07-02
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.
Filmography
29 credits
Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy
Movie • 2023
Self (archive footage)
Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family
Movie • 2023
Denise Royle (archive footage)
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Movie • 2000
Self
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
Movie • 2016
Denise Best (archive footage) (uncredited)
VIZ: Oh, Lordy! It's The Fat Slags in Blue Honeymoon
Movie • 1996
The Royle Family: The New Sofa
Movie • 2008
Denise Best
The Royle Family: Barbara's Old Ring
Movie • 2012
Denise Best
The Fast Show: Just a Load of Blooming Catchphrases
Movie • 2020
Various Characters (Archive)
The Royle Family: Joe's Crackers
Movie • 2010
Denise
The Golden Egg Cup
Movie • 2009
Denise Best
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
Movie • 2010
Self
Caroline Aherne at the BBC
Movie • 2016
Archive Material
The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa
Movie • 2023
Self / Denise Best (archive footage)
The Fast Show
TV • 1994
Various Characters
The Dead Good Show
TV • 1992
Various
The Mrs Merton Show
TV • 1995
Mrs. Merton
Gogglebox
TV • 2013
Narrator
The Royle Family
TV • 1998
Denise Royle
Clive Anderson All Talk
TV • 1996
Self
The Frank Skinner Show
TV • 1995
Self
Mrs Merton and Malcolm
TV • 1999
It's Only TV But I Like It
TV • 1999
Self
Fantasy World Cup
TV • 1998
Self
Strange Hill High
TV • 2013
Stephanie / Various (voice)
An Audience with...
TV • 1978
Self
The World of Lee Evans
TV • 1995
Daughter
Sunshine
TV • 2008
Donna
Frank Sidebottom's Fantastic Shed Show
TV • 1992
Mrs Merton
Parkinson
TV • 1998
Self