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

The Fast Show: You Ain’t Seen These, Right?

The Royle Family: The New Sofa

Denise Best

The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa

Self / Denise Best (archive footage)

The Royle Family: Barbara's Old Ring

Denise Best

The Royle Family: Joe's Crackers

Denise

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

Self

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

Denise Best (archive footage) (uncredited)

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