Actor
Caroline Aherne
62 years · Ealing, London, England, UK · 16 films
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.
Best known for
The Fattest Man in Britain
2009 · Writer
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000 · Self
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
2010 · Self
Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy
2023 · Self (archive footage)
The Royle Family: Barbara's Old Ring
2012 · Denise Best, Writer
The Royle Family: Joe's Crackers
2010 · Denise, Writer
Filmography 16
Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy
2023 · Self (archive footage)
Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family
2023 · Denise Royle (archive footage)
The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa
2023 · Self / Denise Best (archive footage)
The Fast Show: Just a Load of Blooming Catchphrases
2020 · Various Characters (Archive)
Caroline Aherne at the BBC
2016 · Archive Material
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016 · Denise Best (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Security Men
2013 · Writer
The Royle Family: Barbara's Old Ring
2012 · Denise Best, Writer
The Royle Family: Joe's Crackers
2010 · Denise, Writer
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
2010 · Self
The Golden Egg Cup
2009 · Denise Best, Director
The Fattest Man in Britain
2009 · Writer
The Royle Family: The New Sofa
2008 · Denise Best, Writer
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000 · Self
The Fast Show: You Ain’t Seen These, Right?
1999 · Actor
VIZ: Oh, Lordy! It's The Fat Slags in Blue Honeymoon
1996 · Actor