Comedy actress Josephine Tewson, Has died Aged 91
Sadly news broke today that veteran comedy actress Josephine Tewson has died at the age of 91.
Tewson was a veteran of some of our best loved sitcoms but will be best remembered for playing Elizabeth, the nervous next-door neighbour of Hyacinth Bucket in Keeping Up Appearances between 1990-95.
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and more recently Miss Davenport in Last Of The Summer Wine between 2003 and the show’s final season in 2010.
However she was associated with a good number of other classic sitcoms including: Shelley with Hywel Bennett and No Appointment Necessary with Roy Kinnear.
Josephine Tewson enjoyed a long association with Ronnie Barker, from ITV’s Frost on Sunday and Hark at Barker to the BBC’s His Lordship Entertains and then the 1930s-set Clarence, which would be his last acting role.
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She also made frequent appearances in The Two Ronnies with Barker and Corbett, and in a string of TV comedies with Terry Scott – Son of the Bride, Happy Ever After and Terry and June.
A regular on TV on The Charlie Drake Show and The Dick Emery Show in the late 1960’s. Tewson also featured in radio, she was in the casts of The Ronnie Corbett Thing, The Secret Life of Kenneth Williams and Bob Monkhouse’s Mostly Monkhouse.
In a statement that hit headlines today, her agent Jean Diamond said: “It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Josephine Tewson.”
The actress died on Thursday 19th August 2022, at Denville Hall, a care home for actors and other members of the entertainment industry in North London, Diamond added.