Caroline Aherne
Acting
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
Acting29
movieCaroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy
2023
Self (archive footage)
movieRicky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family
2023
Denise Royle (archive footage)
movieThe Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa
2023
Self / Denise Best (archive footage)
movieThe Fast Show: Just a Load of Blooming Catchphrases
2020
Various Characters (Archive)
movieCaroline Aherne at the BBC
2016
Archive Material
movieBritish Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016
Denise Best (archive footage) (uncredited)
tvStrange Hill High
2013
Stephanie / Various (voice)
tvGogglebox
2013
Narrator
movieThe Golden Egg Cup
2009
Denise Best
movieThe Royle Family: The New Sofa
2008
Denise Best
tvSunshine
2008
Donna
tvThe Royle Family
1998
Denise Royle
tvParkinson
1998
Self
tvThe World of Lee Evans
1995
Daughter
tvThe Mrs Merton Show
1995
Mrs. Merton
tvThe Fast Show
1994
Various Characters
tvThe Dead Good Show
1992
Various
Writing8
tvThe Royle Family
1998
Writer
Directing6
Creator2
tvThe Royle Family
1998
Creator
tvThe Mrs Merton Show
1995
Creator
Crew1
Production1
tvThe Royle Family
1998
Producer