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