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Caroline Aherne

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: Acting

Born: Ealing, London, England, UK, 1963-12-24

Died: 2016-07-02

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1996	VIZ: Oh, Lordy! It's The Fat Slags in Blue Honeymoon		100
2	2000	Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings	Self	65
3	2008	The New Sofa	Denise Best	77
4	2009	The Golden Egg Cup	Denise Best	80
5	2010	The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa	Self	84
6	2010	Joe's Crackers	Denise	72
7	2012	Barbara's Old Ring	Denise Best	70
8	2016	British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves	Denise Best (archive footage) (uncredited)	57
9	2016	Caroline Aherne at the BBC	Archive Material	0
10	2020	The Fast Show: Just a Load of Blooming Catchphrases	Various Characters (Archive)	65
11	2023	Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy	Self (archive footage)	80
12	2023	Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family	Denise Royle (archive footage)	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1978	An Audience with...	Self	53
2	1992	Frank Sidebottom's Fantastic Shed Show	Mrs Merton	0
3	1992	The Dead Good Show	Various	0
4	1994	The Fast Show	Various Characters	79
5	1995	The Mrs Merton Show	Mrs. Merton	64
6	1995	The World of Lee Evans	Daughter	60
7	1995	The Frank Skinner Show	Self	75
8	1996	Clive Anderson All Talk	Self	0
9	1998	Parkinson	Self	0
10	1998	Fantasy World Cup	Self	50
11	1998	The Royle Family	Denise Best	76
12	1999	Mrs Merton and Malcolm		60
13	1999	It's Only TV But I Like It	Self	60
14	2008	Sunshine	Donna	78
15	2013	Gogglebox	Narrator	69
16	2013	Strange Hill High	Stephanie / Various (voice)	65