Actor
Josephine Tewson
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. ...

Known For
Acting
2012 -- The Many Faces of Ronnie Barker | Self
2000 -- The Mumbo Jumbo | Miss Hodges
1997 -- The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket | Elizabeth Warden
1989 -- Wilt | Miss Leuchars
1985 -- The Caucasian Chalk Circle | Peasant Woman/Older Lady/Mother in Law
1984 -- Gabrielle and the Doodleman | Mrs. Briggs / Fairy Godmother
1978 -- The Hound of the Baskervilles | Nun
1977 -- The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It | Miss Hoskins
1974 -- A Coffin for the Bride | Yvonne
1973 -- Elementary, My Dear Watson | Lady Cynthia
1967 -- The Troublesome Double | Mrs. Wentworth
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