
Caroline Aherne
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.
Known For

1978
An Audience with...
1978 · tv

1998
Parkinson
1998 · tv

1995
The Frank Skinner Show
1995 · tv

1998
The Royle Family
1998 · tv

1994
The Fast Show
1994 · tv

2013
Strange Hill High
2013 · tv

2013
Gogglebox
2013 · tv

1995
The Mrs Merton Show
1995 · tv

2008
Sunshine
2008 · tv

1992
Frank Sidebottom's Fantastic Shed Show
1992 · tv

1995
The World of Lee Evans
1995 · tv

1999
Mrs Merton and Malcolm
1999 · tv

2010
The Royle Family: Joe's Crackers
2010 · movie

2016
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016 · movie

2020
The Fast Show: Just a Load of Blooming Catchphrases
2020 · movie

2008
The Royle Family: The New Sofa
2008 · movie

2000
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000 · movie

2010
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
2010 · movie

2023
The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa
2023 · movie

2009
The Golden Egg Cup
2009 · movie

2023
Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy
2023 · movie

1992
The Dead Good Show
1992 · tv

2016
Caroline Aherne at the BBC
2016 · movie

2012
The Royle Family: Barbara's Old Ring
2012 · movie

1996
VIZ: Oh, Lordy! It's The Fat Slags in Blue Honeymoon
1996 · movie

1999
The Royle Family - Christmas with the Royle Family
1999 · movie

2023
Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family
2023 · movie