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