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Caroline Aherne
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.
Top Filmography
7.6
The Royle Family
1998 // TV
7.9
The Fast Show
1994 // TV
7.0
Gogglebox
2013 // TV
6.4
The Mrs Merton Show
1995 // TV
6.5
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000 // MOVIE
8.4
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
2010 // MOVIE
6.5
Strange Hill High
2013 // TV
7.8
Sunshine
2008 // TV
8.0
Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy
2023 // MOVIE
7.7
The Royle Family: The New Sofa
2008 // MOVIE
7.0
The Royle Family: Barbara's Old Ring
2012 // MOVIE
7.2
The Royle Family: Joe's Crackers
2010 // MOVIE
5.3
An Audience with...
1978 // TV
6.3
The World of Lee Evans
1995 // TV
5.7
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016 // MOVIE