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Josephine Tewson

Josephine Tewson

Josephine Tewson

1931-02-26

Hampstead, London, England, UK

ACTING

Biography

Josephine Ann Tewson 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.

Best known for:

Midsomer Murders

Keeping Up Appearances

Lewis

Last of the Summer Wine

Heartbeat

Wilt

The Two Ronnies

The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Champions

The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It

Thriller

Terry and June

Shelley

Clarence

Six Dates with Barker

No Hiding Place

A Coffin for the Bride

Hark at Barker

His Lordship Entertains

Whoops Baghdad

Odd Man Out

The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket

The Many Faces of Ronnie Barker

The Troublesome Double

Coppers End

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Filmography:

The Champions (1968)
APPEREAD AS:
Hotel Switchboard Operator
The Two Ronnies (1971)
APPEREAD AS:
Cynthia
Coppers End (1971)
APPEREAD AS:
Sgt. Penny Pringle
Thriller (1973)
APPEREAD AS:
Yvonne
Last of the Summer Wine (1973)
APPEREAD AS:
Miss Davenport
Whoops Baghdad (1973)
APPEREAD AS:
Fatima
Elementary, My Dear Watson (1973)
APPEREAD AS:
Lady Cynthia
A Coffin for the Bride (1974)
APPEREAD AS:
Yvonne

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The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It (1977)
APPEREAD AS:
Miss Hoskins
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)
APPEREAD AS:
Nun
Terry and June (1979)
APPEREAD AS:
Brenda, Mrs Robins
Gabrielle and the Doodleman (1984)
APPEREAD AS:
Mrs. Briggs / Fairy Godmother
The Caucasian Chalk Circle (1985)
APPEREAD AS:
Peasant Woman/Older Lady/Mother in Law
Clarence (1988)
APPEREAD AS:
Jane Travers
Wilt (1989)
APPEREAD AS:
Miss Leuchars
Keeping Up Appearances (1990)
6.4
APPEREAD AS:
Elizabeth 'Liz' Warden

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Midsomer Murders (1997)
6.2
APPEREAD AS:
Samantha Johnstone
The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket (1997)
APPEREAD AS:
Elizabeth Warden
The Mumbo Jumbo (2000)
APPEREAD AS:
Miss Hodges
Lewis (2007)
6.4
APPEREAD AS:
Hazel O'Brien

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