Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
December 24, 1963
Died
July 2, 2016
Age
52
Place of Birth
Ealing, London, England, UK
Popularity
0.8
Caroline Aherne
Acting
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.
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Known For
0.0
Parkinson
1998 · TV
7.1
TFI Friday
1996 · TV
5.3
An Audience with...
1978 · TV
7.5
The Frank Skinner Show
1995 · TV
7.6
The Royle Family
1998 · TV
7.7
The Fast Show
1994 · TV
7.5
Clive Anderson All Talk
1996 · TV
7.1
Gogglebox
2013 · TV
6.8
The Mrs Merton Show
1995 · TV
6.5
Strange Hill High
2013 · TV
6.5
It's Only TV But I Like It
1999 · TV
7.8
Sunshine
2008 · TV
Filmography
2023
Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy
Movie · Self (archive footage)
8.0
2023
Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family
Movie · Denise Royle (archive footage)
8.5
2023
The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa
Movie · Self / Denise Best (archive footage)
0.0
2020
The Fast Show: Just a Load of Blooming Catchphrases
Movie · Various Characters (Archive)
6.5
2016
Caroline Aherne at the BBC
Movie · Archive Material
0.0
2016
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
Movie · Denise Best (archive footage) (uncredited)
5.7
2013
Strange Hill High
TV · Stephanie / Various (voice)
6.5
2013
Gogglebox
TV · Narrator
7.1
2012
The Royle Family: Barbara's Old Ring
Movie · Denise Best
7.0
2010
The Royle Family: Joe's Crackers
Movie · Denise
7.2
2010
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
Movie · Self
8.4
2009
The Golden Egg Cup
Movie · Denise Best
8.0
2008
The Royle Family: The New Sofa
Movie · Denise Best
7.7
2008
Sunshine
TV · Donna
7.8
2000
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Movie · Self
7.0
1999
It's Only TV But I Like It
TV · Self
6.5
1999
Mrs Merton and Malcolm
TV
7.3
1998
The Royle Family
TV · Denise Royle
7.6
1998
Fantasy World Cup
TV · Self
5.0
1998
Parkinson
TV · Self
0.0
1996
Clive Anderson All Talk
TV · Self
7.5
1996
VIZ: Oh, Lordy! It's The Fat Slags in Blue Honeymoon
Movie
10.0
1996
TFI Friday
TV
7.1
1995
The Frank Skinner Show
TV · Self
7.5