Personal Info
Caroline Aherne
Acting
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
Movies
The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa
as Self / Denise Best (archive footage)
Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy
as Self (archive footage)
Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family
as Denise Royle (archive footage)
The Fast Show: Just a Load of Blooming Catchphrases
as Various Characters (Archive)
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
as Denise Best (archive footage) (uncredited)
Caroline Aherne at the BBC
as Archive Material
The Royle Family: Barbara's Old Ring
as Denise Best
The Royle Family: Joe's Crackers
as Denise
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
as Self
The Golden Egg Cup
as Denise Best
TV Shows
Gogglebox
as Narrator · 86 ep.
Strange Hill High
as Stephanie / Various (voice) · 26 ep.
Sunshine
as Donna · 3 ep.
It's Only TV But I Like It
as Self · 1 ep.
Mrs Merton and Malcolm
6 ep.
Parkinson
as Self · 1 ep.
The Royle Family
as Denise Royle · 20 ep.
Fantasy World Cup
as Self · 1 ep.
Clive Anderson All Talk
as Self · 1 ep.
The Frank Skinner Show
as Self · 1 ep.