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Josephine Ann Tewson (26 February 1931 – 18 August 2022) was an English actress, best known for her roles in British television sitcoms, such as Edna Hawkins ("Mrs H") in Shelley, Elizabeth "Liz" Warden in Keeping Up Appearances (1990–1995), and Miss Davenport in Last of the Summer Wine (2003–2010).

Josephine Tewson
Born
Josephine Ann Tewson

(1931-02-26)26 February 1931
Hampstead, London, England
Died18 August 2022(2022-08-18) (aged 91)
Northwood, London, England
OccupationActress
Years active1952–2019
Spouses
    (m. 1958; div. 1961)
      Henry Newman
      (m. 1972; died 1980)

      Early life and education


      Tewson was born in Hampstead, London on 26 February 1931.[1][2] Her father, William, was a professional musician and played the double bass in the BBC Symphony Orchestra;[3] 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.[4] After grammar school, Tewson studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art[5] from which she graduated in 1952.[6]


      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).[7] Tewson played Edna Hawkins (usually referred to as "Mrs H" by Shelley) in the first six series of the British sitcom Shelley (1979–82).[8] Later, she played Jane Travers in Ronnie Barker's sitcom Clarence (1988), which he also wrote, and was his last starring television role before his retirement.[9][10]

      Tewson was featured with John Inman in 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.[11] 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.[12]

      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".[13]


      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.[14] 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).[15] 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.[16]

      Other television appearances were in an episode of 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 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.[17] Tewson played a nanny in a 30-second commercial for Nabisco Fruit Newtons, first aired in 1997 in the United States.[18]

      In 2012, Tewson launched her one-woman show, Still Keeping Up Appearances?, and toured across the UK until early 2019.[19][20]


      Personal life and death


      Tewson was married to actor Leonard Rossiter from 1958 until their divorce in 1961.[21] She later married Henry Newman in 1972, who died in 1980.[22]

      Tewson died at Denville Hall, a retirement home in London for actors, on 18 August 2022, aged 91.[23][24][25]


      Filmography



      Film


      [26]

      YearTitleRoleNotes
      1972The Troublesome DoubleMrs Wentworth
      1977The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know ItMiss Hoskins
      1978The Hound of the BaskervillesNun
      1984Gabrielle and the DoodlemanMrs Briggs/Fairy Godmother
      1989WiltMiss Leuchars
      2000The Mumbo JumboMiss Hodges

      Television


      YearTitleRoleNotes
      1959PreviewJoan GarnettEpisode: "Marriage Bureau"
      CharlesworthMrs. FurseEpisode: "Long Hot Spell"
      1963ITV Play of the WeekBarmaidEpisode: "Double Stakes"
      No Hiding PlaceMavis PetersEpisode: "Four Faces of Clare"
      First NightMrs TulletEpisode: "The Initiation"
      Z-CarsElizabeth HeptonEpisode: "Wait for It"
      1964No Hiding PlaceJune MerrallEpisode: "The Things Money Can Buy"
      1965The Sullavan BrothersWPCEpisode: "The Outsider"
      Z-CarsMrs. RogersEpisode: "The Mice Will Play"
      Emergency-Ward 10Mrs. Close5 episodes
      1966Sergeant CorkMartha St. ClairEpisode: "The Case of the Devil's Daughter"
      1967Emergency-Ward 10Dr. SaundersEpisode: "Devil Doll"
      Mrs ThursdayDulcie AinsworthEpisode: "The Old School Tie Up"[27]
      1968Z-CarsMuriel FinchEpisode: "Aren't Policemen Wonderful: Part 2"
      The Charlie Drake ShowVarious6 episodes
      Frost on SundayVarious14 episodes
      1969The ChampionsHotel switchboard operatorEpisode: "The Night People"
      1969–1970Hark at BarkerMildred BatesAll 15 episodes
      1969–1979The Dick Emery ShowVarious15 episodes
      1970ITV Saturday Night TheatreGladysEpisode: "Suffer Little Children"
      1971Six Dates with BarkerTraversEpisode: "1937: The Removals Person"
      Copper's EndWPS Penny Pringle13 episodes
      1971–1981The Two RonniesVarious5 episodes
      1972His Lordship EntertainsMildred BatesAll 7 episodes
      1973Comedy PlayhouseLady CynthiaEpisode: "Elementary My Dear Watson"
      Whoops Baghdad!FatimaEpisode: "The Wazir Takes a Wife"
      It's TarbuckVarious6 episodes
      Son of the BrideMiss McDowdieAll 6 episodes
      Casanova '73Mrs KershawEpisode: #1.3
      Tell TarbyVarious6 episodes
      1974ThrillerYvonneEpisode: "A Coffin for the Bride "
      1975Tarbuck and All That!Various5 episodes
      Wodehouse PlayhouseMabel PottsEpisode: "Rodney Fails to Qualify"
      Dawson's WeeklyCleoberryEpisode: "Stage-Struck"
      Larry GraysonVarious2 episodes
      1976Happy Ever AfterMrs RobinsEpisode: "Mistaken Identikit"
      Lucky FellerShirleyEpisode: "Where There's Life There's Soap"
      1977Whodunnit?Miss FrisbyEpisode: "No Happy Returns"
      No Appointment NecessaryPenelope MarshallAll 7 episodes
      Odd Man OutDorothy SutcliffeAll 7 episodes
      1979Rings on Their FingersMrs HarrisEpisode: "Home Market"
      1979–1984ShelleyEdna Hawkins23 episodes
      1983Terry and JuneBrendaEpisode: "A Day in Boulogne"
      Tears Before BedtimeBeatriceEpisode: "Show Me the Way to Leave Home"
      1985The Caucasian Chalk CircleVariousTV film
      Terry and JuneMrs RobinsEpisode: "Mistaken Identity"
      1987Rude HealthMrs Thorpe8 episodes
      1988ClarenceJane TraversAll 6 episodes
      1990–1995Keeping Up AppearancesElizabeth "Liz" Warden43 episodes
      1994Coronation StreetPeggy Phillips2 episodes
      1999SunburnLouise MontagueEpisode: #1.1
      2000Midsomer MurdersSamantha JohnstoneEpisode: "Judgement Day"
      2002HeartbeatMrs MorrisEpisode: "Closing the Book"
      2003–2010Last of the Summer WineMiss Lucinda Davenport62 episodes
      2006Holby CityMabel PhillipsEpisode: "Looking After Number One"
      2009DoctorsAudrey WinstonEpisode: "Now You See It..."
      2012LewisHazel O'BrienEpisode: "The Indelible Stain"
      DoctorsMarjorie PageEpisode: "The Bespectacled Bounder"
      2015DoctorsEileen WilkieEpisode: "A Quiet Life"

      Theatre roles


      [26]

      Year Production Role Venue
      1957 Free as Air Ivy Crush Savoy Theatre, 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
      1972 A Cuckoo in the Nest Thorndike Theatre
      1976 Absurd Person Singular Wimbledon Theatre, London
      1985 Noises Off Dotty Otley Savoy Theatre, West End
      1986–87 Woman in Mind Muriel Vaudeville Theatre, West End
      ? Moscow Shadows Natasha New End Theatre, Hampstead
      See How They Run Miss Skillon Watermill Theatre, Newbury
      1989 Last of the Red Hot Lovers Jeanette Fisher Strand Theatre, West End
      1994 Arsenic and Old Lace Abby Brewster Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford and tour
      1995 The Killing of Sister George Mercy Croft Ambassadors Theatre, West End
      ? The Importance of Being Earnest Lady Bracknell Horseshoe Theatre, Basingstoke
      Talking Heads: A Lady of Letters Swan Theatre, 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


      [26]

      YearTitleRoleCompany
      1971, 1973The Secret Life of Kenneth WilliamsMaisieBBC Radio
      Early 1970sMostly MonkhouseVariousBBC Radio
      July 1981It Sticks Out Half a MileMiss BainesBBC Radio
      1994Uncle DynamiteLady BostockBBC Radio
      2009Leaves in AutumnIrisWireless Theatre Company

      References


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      [de] Josephine Tewson

      Josephine Tewson (* 26. Februar 1931 in London; † 18. August 2022 ebenda) war eine britische Schauspielerin, die auf der Bühne sowie in Film und Fernsehen in zahlreichen Komödien mitspielte.
      - [en] Josephine Tewson



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