Josephine Tewson

from Hampstead, London, England, UK

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Biography

Josephine Ann Tewson (26 February 1931 - 18 August 2022) was a British stage and television character actress. She is best known for her roles in popular and long-running British television sitcoms, such as Elizabeth "Liz" Warden, one of the long-suffering neighbours of Hyacinth Bucket in Keeping Up Appearances (1990–95), and Miss Davenport in Last of the Summer Wine (2003–10).

She was formerly married to Leonard Rossiter.

Timeline

2012Aged 81

  • Poster for The Many Faces of Ronnie Barker

    Self

2000Aged 69

  • Poster for The Mumbo Jumbo

    Miss Hodges

1997Aged 66

  • Poster for The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket

    Elizabeth Warden

1989Aged 58

  • Poster for Wilt

    Miss Leuchars

1985Aged 54

  • Poster for The Caucasian Chalk Circle

    Peasant Woman/Older Lady/Mother in Law

1984Aged 53

  • Poster for Gabrielle and the Doodleman

    Mrs. Briggs / Fairy Godmother

1978Aged 47

  • Poster for The Hound of the Baskervilles

    Nun

1977Aged 46

  • Poster for The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It

    Miss Hoskins

1974Aged 43

  • Poster for A Coffin for the Bride

    Yvonne

1973Aged 42

  • Poster for Elementary, My Dear Watson

    Lady Cynthia

1967Aged 36