Caroline Aherne

ActingBorn 1963-12-24Died 2016-07-02 (52)Ealing, London, England, UK

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.

Caroline Aherne

Known For

VIZ: Oh, Lordy! It's The Fat Slags in Blue Honeymoon

The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa

Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy

The Golden Egg Cup

The Fast Show

Sunshine

The Royle Family: The New Sofa

The Royle Family

The Frank Skinner Show

The Royle Family: Joe's Crackers

Filmography

Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy

Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family

The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa

The Fast Show: Just a Load of Blooming Catchphrases

Caroline Aherne at the BBC

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

Strange Hill High

The Security Men

Gogglebox

The Royle Family: Barbara's Old Ring

The Royle Family: Joe's Crackers

The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa

The Golden Egg Cup

The Fattest Man in Britain

The Royle Family: The New Sofa

Sunshine

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

Mrs Merton and Malcolm

The Royle Family

Parkinson

VIZ: Oh, Lordy! It's The Fat Slags in Blue Honeymoon

The Frank Skinner Show

The World of Lee Evans

The Mrs Merton Show

The Fast Show

The Dead Good Show

Frank Sidebottom's Fantastic Shed Show

An Audience with...