Caroline Aherne
Acting
31
Acting Credits
6
Directed
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
Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family
2023
as Denise Royle (archive footage)
The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa
2023
as Self / Denise Best (archive footage)
The Fast Show: Just a Load of Blooming Catchphrases
2020
as Various Characters (Archive)
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016
as Denise Best (archive footage) (uncredited)
Caroline Aherne at the BBC
2016
as Archive Material
Gogglebox
2013
as Narrator
Strange Hill High
2013
as Stephanie / Various (voice)
The Royle Family: Barbara's Old Ring
2012
as Denise Best
The Royle Family: Joe's Crackers
2010
as Denise
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
2010
as Self
The Golden Egg Cup
2009
as Denise Best
The Royle Family: The New Sofa
2008
as Denise Best
Sunshine
2008
as Donna
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000
as Self
The Fast Show: You Ain’t Seen These, Right?
1999
Mrs Merton and Malcolm
1999
It's Only TV But I Like It
1999
as Self
The Royle Family
1998
as Denise Royle
Fantasy World Cup
1998
as Self
Parkinson
1998
as Self
VIZ: Oh, Lordy! It's The Fat Slags in Blue Honeymoon
1996
Clive Anderson All Talk
1996
as Self
TFI Friday
1996
The Mrs Merton Show
1995
as Mrs. Merton
The Frank Skinner Show
1995
as Self
The World of Lee Evans
1995
as Daughter
The Fast Show
1994
as Various Characters
The Dead Good Show
1992
as Various
Frank Sidebottom's Fantastic Shed Show
1992
as Mrs Merton
An Audience with...
1978
as Self