Josephine Tewson

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{{Short description|British actress (1931–2022)}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2022}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Josephine Tewson
| image = 
| alt = 
| caption =
| birth_name = Josephine Ann Tewson
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1931|2|26|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Hampstead]], London, England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|08|18|1931|02|26|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Northwood, London|Northwood]], London, England
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1952–2019
| spouse = {{Plainlist|
* {{Marriage|[[Leonard Rossiter]]|1958|1961|end=divorced}}
* {{Marriage|Henry Newman|1972|1980|end=died}}
}}
}}
'''Josephine Ann Tewson''' (26 February 1931 – 18 August 2022) was an English actress, best known for her roles in [[British television sitcom]]s, such as [[Shelley (TV series)#Characters|Edna Hawkins]] ("Mrs H") in ''[[Shelley (TV series)|Shelley]]'', [[List of Keeping Up Appearances characters#Neighbours and acquaintances|Elizabeth "Liz" Warden]] in ''[[Keeping Up Appearances]]'' (1990–1995), and Miss Davenport in ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]'' (2003–2010).

==Early life and education==
Tewson was born in [[Hampstead]], London on 26 February 1931.<ref>{{Cite news |date=23 July 2012 |title=Josephine Tewson in one-woman show at Hertford Theatre |work=[[Hertfordshire Mercury]] |url=http://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/Whats-On-Leisure/Stage-and-Comedy/Josephine-Tewson-in-one-woman-show-at-Hertford-Theatre-23072012.htm |url-status=dead |access-date=1 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120818135152/http://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/Whats-On-Leisure/Stage-and-Comedy/Josephine-Tewson-in-one-woman-show-at-Hertford-Theatre-23072012.htm |archive-date=18 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Index entry |url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=41qvA9%2FNf6MTg2Pl1lD7kg&scan=1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200514132622/https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=41qvA9%2FNf6MTg2Pl1lD7kg&scan=1 |archive-date=14 May 2020 |access-date=29 March 2015 |website=FreeBMD |publisher=ONS}}</ref> Her father, William, was a professional musician and played the double bass in the [[BBC Symphony Orchestra]];<ref>{{Cite news |last=Longhurst |first=Jenny |date=25 May 2002 |title=An actress of great importance; Josephine Tewson has starred alongside such comic greats as The Two Ronnies and Patricia Routledge. She talks to Jenny Longhurst about her latest role. |work=[[South Wales Echo]] |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/%3a+An+actress+of+great+importance%3b+Josephine+Tewson+has+starred...-a086338813 |url-status=live |access-date=1 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714193528/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/%3a+An+actress+of+great+importance%3b+Josephine+Tewson+has+starred...-a086338813 |archive-date=14 July 2014}}</ref> her mother, Kate (née Morley, born 1908), was a nurse, the daughter of [[Haydn Morley]] who captained [[Sheffield Wednesday]] in the [[1890 FA Cup Final]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=3 November 2008 |title=Keeping up appearances with the first player signed by the Rams |work=[[Derby Telegraph]] |url=http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/Keeping-appearances-player-signed-Rams/story-11596030-detail/story.html |url-status=dead |access-date=1 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714224945/http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/Keeping-appearances-player-signed-Rams/story-11596030-detail/story.html |archive-date=14 July 2014}}</ref> After grammar school, Tewson studied at the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ean |first=Tan Gim |date=25 September 1988 |title=Comedy Queen who is very down to earth |work=[[New Straits Times]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1309&dat=19880925&id=2a1UAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GJADAAAAIBAJ&pg=2478,2432896}}</ref> from which she graduated in 1952.<ref>[https://www.rada.ac.uk/profiles?aos=acting&yr=1952&fn=josephine&sn=tewson "Student and Graduate Profiles: Josephine Tewson"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220820025215/https://www.rada.ac.uk/profiles/josephine-tewson/ |date=20 August 2022 }}. ''rada.ac.uk''. Retrieved 8 February 2016.</ref>

==Early career==
A regular comedy performer in sketches featuring [[Ronnie Corbett]] and [[Ronnie Barker]] on ''[[David Frost on Sunday]]'' and ''[[Hark at Barker]]'' (1969), she later appeared in ''Mostly Monkhouse'', a BBC Radio Comedy programme with [[David Jason]] supporting [[Bob Monkhouse]]. She also appeared a few times in ''[[Z-Cars]]'' (1963–69) and ''The [[Charlie Drake]] Show'' (1968).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Guide |first=British Comedy |date=19 August 2022 |title=Sitcom star Josephine Tewson dies aged 91 |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/news/6980/josephine-tewson-rip/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819164004/https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/news/6980/josephine-tewson-rip/ |archive-date=19 August 2022 |access-date=19 August 2022 |website=British Comedy Guide}}</ref> Tewson played Edna Hawkins (usually referred to as "Mrs H" by Shelley) in the first six series of the [[British sitcom]] ''[[Shelley (TV series)|Shelley]]'' (1979–82).<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 August 2022 |title=Last Of The Summer Wine actress Josephine Tewson dies aged 91 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/roy-clarke-john-challis-london-itv-british-b2148703.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819171629/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/roy-clarke-john-challis-london-itv-british-b2148703.html |archive-date=19 August 2022 |access-date=19 August 2022 |website=The Independent}}</ref> Later, she played Jane Travers in Ronnie Barker's sitcom ''[[Clarence (British TV series)|Clarence]]'' (1988), which he also wrote, and was his last starring television role before his retirement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brazier |first=Tori |title=Josephine Tewson dead: Keeping Up Appearances star dies aged 91 |date=19 August 2022 |url=https://metro.co.uk/2022/08/19/josephine-tewson-dead-keeping-up-appearances-star-dies-aged-91-17213494/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220820025209/https://metro.co.uk/2022/08/19/josephine-tewson-dead-keeping-up-appearances-star-dies-aged-91-17213494/ |archive-date=20 August 2022 |access-date=19 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Josephine Tewson: Last Of The Summer Wine and Keeping Up Appearances actress dies aged 91 |url=https://news.sky.com/story/amp/josephine-tewson-last-of-the-summer-wine-and-keeping-up-appearances-actress-dies-aged-91-12676734 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819161806/https://news.sky.com/story/amp/josephine-tewson-last-of-the-summer-wine-and-keeping-up-appearances-actress-dies-aged-91-12676734 |archive-date=19 August 2022 |access-date=19 August 2022 |website=Sky News}}</ref>

Tewson was featured with [[John Inman]] in ''[[Odd Man Out (British TV series)|Odd Man Out]]'' (1977), an unsuccessful sitcom in which they played adult half-siblings who had recently met. She was rumoured to be Inman's cousin, though she has denied this idea in several interviews.<ref>Shaw, Karen. [http://www.northernlifemagazine.co.uk/article.aspx?aid=373 "Tonight Josephine"], ''Northern Life''. Last modified 27 September 2012. Accessed 28 March 2013. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130090132/http://www.northernlifemagazine.co.uk/article.aspx?aid=373 |date=30 November 2012 }}</ref> She appeared in the 1984 children's film ''[[Gabrielle and the Doodleman]]'' as the characters Mrs. Briggs (Gabrielle's father's housekeeper) and the Fairy Godmother.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gabrielle and the Doodleman |url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/gabrielle-and-the-doodleman/cast/2000031220/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220820025209/https://www.tvguide.com/movies/gabrielle-and-the-doodleman/cast/2000031220/ |archive-date=20 August 2022 |access-date=19 August 2022 |website=TVGuide.com}}</ref>

Tewson was well-known in England for her role as Elizabeth Warden, neighbour and reluctant confidante of social wannabe Hyacinth Bucket in ''[[Keeping Up Appearances]]''. Tewson appeared in nearly every episode for the 5 series run, providing a counter to "Mrs Bucket".<ref>{{Cite news |date=15 January 2008 |title=The 5-minute Interview: Josephine Tewson, Actress |work=[[The Independent]] |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/the-5-minute-interview-josephine-tewson-actress-770193.html |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |access-date=17 September 2018 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220617/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/the-5-minute-interview-josephine-tewson-actress-770193.html |archive-date=17 June 2022}}</ref>

==Later career==
Tewson appeared semi-regularly as Miss Davenport in ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]'' (2003–2010), a series written by [[Roy Clarke]] who also wrote ''Keeping Up Appearances''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Iorizzo |first=Ellie |date=19 August 2022 |title=Last Of The Summer Wine actress Josephine Tewson dies aged 91 |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/royal-academy-of-dramatic-art-london-itv-british-born-b1019795.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819161032/https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/royal-academy-of-dramatic-art-london-itv-british-born-b1019795.html |archive-date=19 August 2022 |access-date=19 August 2022 |website=Evening Standard}}</ref> She also appeared in two episodes of the documentary series ''[[Comedy Connections]]'', talking about her work in ''Keeping Up Appearances'' (2004) and opposite ''[[The Two Ronnies]]'' (2005).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Josephine Tewson: Movies, TV, and Bio |url=https://www.amazon.com/prime-video/actor/Josephine-Tewson/nm0856720/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220820025210/https://www.amazon.com/prime-video/actor/Josephine-Tewson/nm0856720/ |archive-date=20 August 2022 |access-date=19 August 2022 |website=www.amazon.com}}</ref> In 2009, she played the role of Iris in the radio drama ''Leaves in Autumn'' written by Susan Casanove, produced by the [[Wireless Theatre Company]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 November 2009 |title=The Wireless Theatre Company |url=http://www.wirelesstheatrecompany.co.uk/index.php/component/jotloader?Itemid=15&cid=2&id=94 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091128025115/http://www.wirelesstheatrecompany.co.uk/index.php/component/jotloader?Itemid=15&cid=2&id=94 |archive-date=28 November 2009 |access-date=19 August 2022 }}</ref>

Other television appearances were in an episode of ''[[Heartbeat (British TV series)|Heartbeat]]'' ("Closing The Book", 2002) and as the competition judge, Samantha Johnstone, in an episode in the mystery drama ''[[Midsomer Murders]]'' ("Judgement Day", 2000). She was featured in two episodes of ''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors]]'' as [[kleptomaniac]], Audrey Wilson, ("Now You See It...", 2009) and as Marjorie Page, a woman in the early stages of [[Alzheimer's disease]] ("The Bespectacled Bounder", 2012). Tewson played a school teacher in a [[Sugar Puffs]] "I Want My Honey" advert during the late 1980s/early 1990s.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shaw |first=Karen |date=24 September 2012 |title=We chat to 'Keeping Up Appearances' star Josephine Tewson |url=https://northernlifemagazine.co.uk/josephine-tewson |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210622204856/https://northernlifemagazine.co.uk/josephine-tewson/ |archive-date=22 June 2021 |access-date=19 August 2022 |website=Northern Life}}</ref> Tewson played a nanny in a 30-second commercial for Nabisco Fruit Newtons, first aired in 1997 in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 August 2021 |title=Josephine Tewson: 8 Fascinating Things About The British Actress! |url=https://www.dailyhawker.co.uk/josephine-tewson-8-fascinating-things-about-the-british-actress/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923113624/https://www.dailyhawker.co.uk/josephine-tewson-8-fascinating-things-about-the-british-actress/ |archive-date=23 September 2021 |access-date=19 August 2022}}</ref>

In 2012, Tewson launched her one-woman show, ''Still Keeping Up Appearances?'', and toured across the UK until early 2019.<ref>Roberts, Jo (11 March 2015).[http://www.kentonline.co.uk/whats-on/news/keeping-up-a-solo-appearance-33233/ "Josephine Tewson of TV's Keeping Up Appearances launches one-woman show"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160213015535/http://www.kentonline.co.uk/whats-on/news/keeping-up-a-solo-appearance-33233/ |date=13 February 2016 }}. ''KentOnline''. Retrieved 8 February 2016.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Josephine Tewson - Still Keeping Up Appearances |url=https://m.ticketline.co.uk/josephine-tewson-still-keeping-up-appearances-tickets?platform=mobile#bio |access-date=19 August 2022}}</ref>

==Personal life and death==
Tewson was married to actor [[Leonard Rossiter]] from 1958 until their divorce in 1961.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Chilton |first=Martin |date=8 December 2010 |title=Leonard Rossiter, Character Driven: review |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/8188742/Leonard-Rossiter-Character-Driven-review.html |url-status=live |access-date=17 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180917181611/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/8188742/Leonard-Rossiter-Character-Driven-review.html |archive-date=17 September 2018}}</ref> She later married Henry Newman in 1972, who died in 1980.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Josephine Tewson ex-husband: Who is Henry Newman? |date=19 August 2022 |url=https://nsemwokrom.com/josephine-tewson-ex-husband-who-is-henry-newman/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220820025212/https://nsemwokrom.com/josephine-tewson-ex-husband-who-is-henry-newman/ |archive-date=20 August 2022 |access-date=19 August 2022}}</ref>

Tewson died at [[Denville Hall]], a retirement home in London for actors, on 18 August 2022, aged 91.<ref>{{Cite news |date=19 August 2022 |title=Josephine Tewson: Keeping Up Appearances actress dies at 91 |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-62605184 |url-status=live |access-date=19 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819160109/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-62605184 |archive-date=19 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=19 August 2022 |title=Keeping Up Appearances star Josephine Tewson dies aged 91 |newspaper=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/08/19/keeping-appearances-star-josephine-tewson-dies-aged-91/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819153505/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/08/19/keeping-appearances-star-josephine-tewson-dies-aged-91/ |archive-date=19 August 2022 |access-date=19 August 2022 |via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=19 August 2022 |title=Keeping Up Appearances star Josephine Tewson dies aged 91, agent confirms |url=https://www.itv.com/news/2022-08-19/keeping-up-appearances-star-josephine-tewson-dies-aged-91-agent-confirms |website=[[ITV News]]}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Film===
<ref name="filmography">{{Cite web |title=Josephine Tewson - Filmography |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/josephine_tewson/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220218194954/https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/josephine_tewson/ |archive-date=18 February 2022 |access-date=19 August 2022 |website=British Comedy Guide}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
|1972 || ''The Troublesome Double'' || Mrs Wentworth ||
|-
|1977 || ''[[The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It]]'' || Miss Hoskins ||
|-
|1978 || ''[[The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978 film)|The Hound of the Baskervilles]]'' || Nun ||
|-
|1984 || ''[[Gabrielle and the Doodleman]]'' || Mrs Briggs/Fairy Godmother ||
|-
|1989 || ''[[Wilt (film)|Wilt]]'' || Miss Leuchars ||
|-
|2000 || ''The Mumbo Jumbo'' || Miss Hodges ||
|-
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" |1959 || ''Preview'' || Joan Garnett || Episode: "Marriage Bureau"
|-
| ''[[Charlesworth (TV series)|Charlesworth]]'' || Mrs. Furse || Episode: "Long Hot Spell"
|-
| rowspan="4" |1963 || ''[[ITV Play of the Week]]'' || Barmaid || Episode: "Double Stakes"
|-
| ''[[No Hiding Place]]'' || Mavis Peters || Episode: "Four Faces of Clare"
|-
| ''First Night'' || Mrs Tullet || Episode: "The Initiation"
|-
| ''[[Z-Cars]]'' || Elizabeth Hepton || Episode: "Wait for It"
|-
|1964 || ''[[No Hiding Place]]'' || June Merrall || Episode: "The Things Money Can Buy"
|-
| rowspan="3" |1965 || ''[[The Sullavan Brothers]]'' || WPC || Episode: "The Outsider"
|-
| ''[[Z-Cars]]'' || Mrs. Rogers || Episode: "The Mice Will Play"
|-
| ''[[Emergency-Ward 10]]'' || Mrs. Close || 5 episodes
|-
|1966 || ''[[Sergeant Cork]]'' || Martha St. Clair || Episode: "The Case of the Devil's Daughter"
|-
| rowspan="2" |1967 || ''[[Emergency-Ward 10]]'' || Dr. Saunders || Episode: "Devil Doll"
|-
| ''[[Mrs Thursday]]'' || Dulcie Ainsworth || Episode: "The Old School Tie Up"<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 January 2019 |title=Tanner, Tewson and Thorne - Three Ts of Character Acting |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/genome/entries/c22e6cce-4877-4f32-8b38-a9d8eb3490ba |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210601083834/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/genome/entries/c22e6cce-4877-4f32-8b38-a9d8eb3490ba |archive-date=1 June 2021 |access-date=19 August 2022 |website=BBC |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3" |1968 || ''[[Z-Cars]]'' || Muriel Finch || Episode: "Aren't Policemen Wonderful: Part 2"
|-
| ''[[Charlie Drake|The Charlie Drake Show]]'' || Various || 6 episodes
|-
| ''[[The Frost Report|Frost on Sunday]]'' || Various || 14 episodes
|-
|1969 || ''[[The Champions]]'' || Hotel switchboard operator || Episode: "The Night People"
|-
|1969–1970 || ''[[Hark at Barker]]'' || Mildred Bates || All 15 episodes
|-
|1969–1979 || ''[[The Dick Emery Show]]'' || Various || 15 episodes
|-
|1970 || ''[[ITV Saturday Night Theatre]]'' || Gladys || Episode: "Suffer Little Children"
|-
| rowspan="2" |1971 || ''[[Six Dates with Barker]]'' || Travers || Episode: "1937: The Removals Person"
|-
| ''Copper's End'' || WPS Penny Pringle || 13 episodes
|-
|1971–1981 || ''[[The Two Ronnies]]'' || Various || 5 episodes
|-
|1972 || ''[[His Lordship Entertains]]'' || Mildred Bates || All 7 episodes
|-
| rowspan="6" |1973 || ''[[Comedy Playhouse]]'' || Lady Cynthia || Episode: "Elementary My Dear Watson"
|-
| ''[[Whoops Baghdad|Whoops Baghdad!]]'' || Fatima || Episode: "The Wazir Takes a Wife"
|-
| ''It's Tarbuck'' || Various || 6 episodes
|-
| ''[[Son of the Bride (TV series)|Son of the Bride]]'' || Miss McDowdie || All 6 episodes
|-
| ''[[Casanova '73]]'' || Mrs Kershaw || Episode: #1.3
|-
| ''Tell Tarby'' || Various || 6 episodes
|-
|1974 || ''[[Thriller (British TV series)|Thriller]]'' || Yvonne || Episode: "A Coffin for the Bride "
|-
| rowspan="4" |1975 || ''[[Jimmy Tarbuck|Tarbuck and All That!]]'' || Various || 5 episodes
|-
| ''[[Wodehouse Playhouse]]'' || Mabel Potts || Episode: "Rodney Fails to Qualify"
|-
| ''[[Les Dawson|Dawson's Weekly]]'' || Cleoberry || Episode: "Stage-Struck"
|-
| ''[[Larry Grayson]]'' || Various || 2 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" |1976 || ''[[Happy Ever After (British TV series)|Happy Ever After]]'' || Mrs Robins || Episode: "Mistaken Identikit"
|-
| ''[[Lucky Feller]]'' || Shirley || Episode: "Where There's Life There's Soap"
|-
| rowspan="3" |1977 || ''[[Whodunnit? (British game show)|Whodunnit?]]'' || Miss Frisby || Episode: "No Happy Returns"
|-
| ''No Appointment Necessary'' || Penelope Marshall || All 7 episodes
|-
| ''[[Odd Man Out (British TV series)|Odd Man Out]]'' || Dorothy Sutcliffe || All 7 episodes
|-
|1979 || ''[[Rings on Their Fingers]]'' || Mrs Harris || Episode: "Home Market"
|-
|1979–1984 || ''[[Shelley (TV series)|Shelley]]'' || Edna Hawkins || 23 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" |1983 || ''[[Terry and June]]''|| Brenda || Episode: "A Day in Boulogne"
|-
| ''Tears Before Bedtime''|| Beatrice || Episode: "Show Me the Way to Leave Home"
|-
| rowspan="2" |1985 || ''[[The Caucasian Chalk Circle]]''|| Various || TV film
|-
| ''[[Terry and June]]''|| Mrs Robins || Episode: "Mistaken Identity"
|-
|1987 || ''Rude Health'' || Mrs Thorpe || 8 episodes
|-
|1988 || ''[[Clarence (British TV series)|Clarence]]'' || Jane Travers || All 6 episodes
|-
|1990–1995 || ''[[Keeping Up Appearances]]'' || Elizabeth "Liz" Warden || 43 episodes
|-
|1994 || ''[[Coronation Street]]'' || Peggy Phillips || 2 episodes
|-
|1999 || ''[[Sunburn (TV series)|Sunburn]]'' || Louise Montague || Episode: #1.1
|-
|2000 || ''[[Midsomer Murders]]'' || Samantha Johnstone || Episode: "Judgement Day"
|-
|2002 || ''[[Heartbeat (British TV series)|Heartbeat]]'' || Mrs Morris || Episode: "Closing the Book"
|-
|2003–2010 || ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]'' || Miss Lucinda Davenport || 62 episodes
|-
|2006 || ''[[Holby City]]'' || Mabel Phillips || Episode: "Looking After Number One"
|-
|2009 || ''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors]]'' || Audrey Winston || Episode: "Now You See It..."
|-
| rowspan="2" |2012 || ''[[Lewis (TV series)|Lewis]]'' || Hazel O'Brien || Episode: "The Indelible Stain"
|-
| ''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors]]'' || Marjorie Page || Episode: "The Bespectacled Bounder"
|-
|2015 || ''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors]]'' || Eileen Wilkie || Episode: "A Quiet Life"
|-
|}

===Theatre roles===
<ref name="filmography" />
{|class="wikitable"
!Year
!Production
!Role
!Venue
|-
|1957
|''[[Free as Air]]''
|Ivy Crush
|[[Savoy Theatre]], [[West End of London|West End]]
|-
|1961
|''[[Androcles]] and the Lion''
|Megaera
|[[Mermaid Theatre]], London
|-
|1964
|''[[Coriolanus]]''
|
|[[Nottingham Playhouse]], [[Nottingham]]
|-
|1966
|''The Ballad of False Barman''
|
|[[Hampstead Theatre]], London
|-
|1968
|''[[The Real Inspector Hound]]''
|Mrs. Drudge
|[[Vaudeville Theatre]], [[West End of London|West End]]
|-
|1972
|''[[A Cuckoo in the Nest]]''
|
|Thorndike Theatre
|-
|1976
|''[[Absurd Person Singular]]''
|
|[[New Wimbledon Theatre|Wimbledon Theatre]], London
|-
|1985
|''[[Noises Off]]''
|Dotty Otley
|[[Savoy Theatre]], [[West End of London|West End]]
|-
|1986–87
|''[[Woman in Mind]]''
|Muriel
|[[Vaudeville Theatre]], [[West End of London|West End]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |?
|''Moscow Shadows''
|Natasha
|[[New End Theatre]], [[Hampstead]]
|-
|''[[See How They Run (play)|See How They Run]]''
|Miss Skillon
|[[Watermill Theatre]], [[Newbury, Berkshire|Newbury]]
|-
|1989
|''[[Last of the Red Hot Lovers]]''
|Jeanette Fisher
|Strand Theatre, [[West End of London|West End]]
|-
|1994
|''[[Arsenic and Old Lace (play)|Arsenic and Old Lace]]''
|Abby Brewster
|[[Yvonne Arnaud Theatre]], [[Guildford]] and tour
|-
|1995
|''[[The Killing of Sister George]]''
|Mercy Croft
|[[Ambassadors Theatre (London)|Ambassadors Theatre]], [[West End of London|West End]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |?
|''[[The Importance of Being Earnest]]''
|Lady Bracknell
|Horseshoe Theatre, [[Basingstoke]]
|-
|''[[Talking Heads]]: A Lady of Letters''
|
|Swan Theatre, [[Worcester, England|Worcester]]
|-
|1998
|''[[Romeo and Juliet]]''
|Nurse
|[[Salisbury Playhouse]], Wiltshire and tour
|-
|2002
|''[[A Woman of No Importance]]''
|Lady Hunstanton
|No. 1 Tour
|-
|2004
|''[[The Importance of Being Earnest]]''
|Miss Prism
|No. 1 Tour
|-
|2008
|''Salonika''
|Charlotte
|[[West Yorkshire Playhouse]], [[Leeds]]
|-
|2009
|''[[Separate Tables]]''
|Lady Matheson
|[[Chichester Festival Theatre]]
|}

===Radio===
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{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Company
|-
|1971, 1973 || ''The Secret Life of Kenneth Williams'' || Maisie || BBC Radio
|-
|Early 1970s || ''Mostly Monkhouse'' || Various || BBC Radio
|-
|July 1981 || ''It Sticks Out Half a Mile'' || Miss Baines || BBC Radio
|-
|1994 || ''Uncle Dynamite'' || Lady Bostock || BBC Radio
|-
|2009 || ''Leaves in Autumn'' || Iris || Wireless Theatre Company
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0856720}}
* Dan Abramson [http://www.britcoms.com/interviews/josephine.html "An Interview With Josephine Tewson], Britcoms.com, n.d.
* Josephine Tewson in radio play [https://web.archive.org/web/20091128025115/http://www.wirelesstheatrecompany.co.uk/index.php/component/jotloader?Itemid=15&cid=2&id=94 Leaves In Autumn]
* {{discogs artist|Josephine Tewson}}

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Beryl Cooke

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{{Short description|English actress (1906–2001)}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1906|11|1|}}
| birth_place = [[Soho]], England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2001|08|21|1906|11|1}}
| death_place = [[London]], England
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1954 - 1995
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'''Beryl Cooke''' (1 November 1906 – 21 August 2001) was an English actress.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090122093218/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/170163 BFI.org]</ref> Her career spanned six decades; she is most familiar to British audiences as Aunt Lucy in the sitcom ''[[Happy Ever After (British TV series)|Happy Ever After]]'' and Mrs. Vance in the BBC drama ''[[Tenko (TV series)|Tenko]]''.<ref name="telegraph">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1339106/Beryl-Cooke.html|title=Beryl Cooke|date=1 September 2001|publisher=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|accessdate=6 February 2010}}</ref>

==Life==

She was born in [[Westminster, London]] on 1 November 1906.

She died in London on 21 August 2001 aged 94. She is buried in [[East London Cemetery]].

==TV==

Cooke made an appearance in British [[sitcom]] ''[[Only Fools and Horses]]'' in the episode'' [[The Second Time Around (Only Fools and Horses)|The Second Time Around]]'', as a woman [[Del Boy]] ([[David Jason]]) and [[Rodney Trotter|Rodney]] ([[Nicholas Lyndhurst]]) believe to be their Aunt Rose, only for it to emerge that the real Aunt Rose moved away some years beforehand.

==Selected filmography==
* ''[[Conflict of Wings]]'' (1954)
* ''[[Knave of Hearts (film)|Knave of Hearts]]'' (1954)
* ''The Monster of Highgate Ponds'' (1961)
* ''[[The Blood Beast Terror]]'' (1968)
* ''[[She'll Follow You Anywhere]]'' (1971)
* ''[[Happy Ever After (British TV series)|Happy Ever After sitcom]] (1974-1979)
* ''[[Only Fools and Horses]]'' (1981)
* ''[[The Real Eddy English]]'' (1989) as Mrs English

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0177375}}

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