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She studied at RADA after grammar school and graduated in 1952. She spent the rest of TheFifties acting on stage in London and would continue to make theater appearances for the rest of her life. In TheSixties, she began to appear on TV in ''The Charlie Drake Show''. She would stay on TV for most of the rest of her career.
Throughout TheSeventies, she began to play bigger roles, which she claimed was thanks to Creator/RonnieBarker and her guest appearances on ''Series/TheTwoRonnies''. In 1977, she co-starred in ''Odd Man Out'' with Creator/JohnInman as his half-sister and was rumoured to have been Inman's cousin. Other notable roles at the time were Penelope Marshall in ''No Appointment Necessary'' and Mrs. H. in ''Shelley''. In 1988, she appeared alongside Barker in his final series, ''Series/{{Clarence}}'', specially chosen by him as the only actress he wanted to share his last scenes with.
Throughout TheSeventies, she began to play bigger roles, which she claimed was thanks to Creator/RonnieBarker and her guest appearances on ''Series/TheTwoRonnies''. In 1977, she co-starred in ''Odd Man Out'' with Creator/JohnInman as his half-sister and was rumoured to have been Inman's cousin. Other notable roles at the time were Penelope Marshall in ''No Appointment Necessary'' and Mrs. H. in ''Shelley''. In 1988, she appeared alongside Barker in his final series, ''Series/{{Clarence}}'', specially chosen by him as the only actress he wanted to share his last scenes with.
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She studied at RADA after grammar school and graduated in 1952. She spent the rest of TheFifties The50s acting on stage in London and would continue to make theater appearances for the rest of her life. In TheSixties, The60s, she began to appear on TV in ''The Charlie Drake Show''. She would stay on TV for most of the rest of her career.
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* ''{{Series/No Appointment Necessary|1977}}'', 7 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"Pilot", "The Shampoo Jungle", "The French Connexion", "Publish and be Damned", "An Offer You Can't Refuse", "Like Father, Like Son", "Shampoo and Set... and Shave!"[[/labelnote]] (1977) -- Penelope Marshall
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Throughout TheSeventies, she began to play bigger roles, which she claimed was due to her guest appearances on ''Series/TheTwoRonnies''. In 1977, she co-starred in ''Odd Man Out'' with Creator/JohnInman as his half-sister and was rumoured to have been Inman's cousin. Other notable roles at the time were Penelope Marshall in ''No Appointment Necessary'' and Mrs. H. in ''Shelley''.
Throughout TheSeventies, she began to play bigger roles, which she claimed was due to her guest appearances on ''Series/TheTwoRonnies''. In 1977, she co-starred in ''Odd Man Out'' with Creator/JohnInman as his half-sister and was rumoured to have been Inman's cousin. Other notable roles at the time were Penelope Marshall in ''No Appointment Necessary'' and Mrs. H. in ''Shelley''.
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She studied at RADA after grammar school and graduated in 1952. She spent the rest of TheFifties acting on stage in London and would continue to make theater appearances for the rest of her life. In TheSixties, she began to appear on TV, where she TV in ''The Charlie Drake Show''. She would stay on TV for most of the rest of her career.
Throughout TheSeventies, she began to play bigger roles, which she claimed wasdue thanks to Creator/RonnieBarker and her guest appearances on ''Series/TheTwoRonnies''. In 1977, she co-starred in ''Odd Man Out'' with Creator/JohnInman as his half-sister and was rumoured to have been Inman's cousin. Other notable roles at the time were Penelope Marshall in ''No Appointment Necessary'' and Mrs. H. in ''Shelley''.
''Shelley''. In 1988, she appeared alongside Barker in his final series, ''Series/{{Clarence}}'', specially chosen by him as the only actress he wanted to share his last scenes with.
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[[caption-width-right:1000:Not to be trusted with [[Series/KeepingUpAppearances Royal Doulton]], especially the ones with the hand-painted periwinkles.]]
->''"I owe my TV career to Ronnie Barker; he was always a lovely, generous, good man. Around the time of ''Series/TheTwoRonnies'', I was bending down looking into a supermarket freezer, when a woman suddenly appeared trying to see my face. I asked her why she didn't wait until I'd finished with the freezer, and she said, 'Well, I don't have much time'. That's fame for you."''
Josephine Ann Tewson, (26 February 1931 -- 18 August 2022), was a British actress best known for playing Elizabeth Warden in ''Series/KeepingUpAppearances''.
She studied at RADA after grammar school and graduated in 1952. She spent the rest of TheFifties acting on stage in London and would continue to make theater appearances for the rest of her life. In TheSixties, she began to appear on TV, where she would stay for most of the rest of her career.
Throughout TheSeventies, she began to play bigger roles, which she claimed was due to her guest appearances on ''Series/TheTwoRonnies''. In 1977, she co-starred in ''Odd Man Out'' with Creator/JohnInman as his half-sister and was rumoured to have been Inman's cousin. Other notable roles at the time were Penelope Marshall in ''No Appointment Necessary'' and Mrs. H. in ''Shelley''.
In 1990, she was cast in her most famous role - Elizabeth Warden, the timid and shaky-handed neighbour of Hyacinth in ''Keeping Up Appearances''. Tewson played Elizabeth in almost every episode and stuck with the series until it ended in 1995. She later worked again for the writer of ''KUP'', Roy Clarke, in ''Series/LastOfTheSummerWine'' as Miss Davenport, the librarian. She toured the UK in her one-woman show, ''Still Keeping Up Appearances?'', from 2012 to 2019.
In 1958, she married fellow actor Leonard Rossiter, but the two's marriage didn't work out and they divorced in 1961.
She died at the age of 91.
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!!Works on TV Tropes she appeared in:
[[AC:Film]]
* ''Film/{{Wilt}}'' (1989) -- Miss Leuchars
[[AC:Series]]
* ''Series/ZCars'', 3 episodes:
** "Wait for It" (1963) -- Elizabeth Hepton
** "The Mice Will Play" (1965) -- Mrs. Rogers
** "Aren't Policemen Wonderful: Part 2" (1968) -- Muriel Finch
* ''{{Series/The Champions|1968}}'', episode "The Night People" (1968) -- Hotel Switchboard Operator (UncreditedRole)
* ''Series/TheTwoRonnies'', 5 episodes:
** 1 episode (1971) -- Leticia
** 1 episode (1971) -- Millicent Spooner
** 1 episode (1975) -- Cynthia
** 1 episode (1976) -- Woman on Train Traveller
** 1 episode (1981) -- Ethel
* ''[[Series/WhodunnitUK Whodunnit?]]'', episode "No Happy Returns" (1977) -- Miss Frisby
* ''Series/TerryAndJune'', 2 episodes:
** "A Day in Boulogne" (1983) -- Brenda
** "Mistaken Identity" (1985) -- Mrs. Robins
* ''Series/{{Clarence}}'', 6 episodes (1988) -- Jane Travers
* ''Series/KeepingUpAppearances'', 43 episodes (1990-95) -- Elizabeth Warden
* ''Series/CoronationStreet'', 2 episodes (1994) -- Peggy Phillips
* ''Series/MidsomerMurders'', episode "[[Recap/MidsomerMurdersS3E3 Judgement Day]]" (2000) -- Samantha Johnstone
* ''Series/{{Heartbeat}}'', episode "Closing the Book" (2002) -- Mrs. Morris
* ''Series/LastOfTheSummerWine'', 61 episodes (2003-10) -- Miss Lucinda Davenport
* ''Series/HolbyCity'', episode "Looking After Number One" (2006) -- Mabel Phillips
* ''Series/{{Doctors}}'', 3 episodes:
** "Now You See It..." (2009) -- Audrey Winston
** "The Bespectacled Bounder" (2012) -- Marjorie Page
** "A Quiet Life" (2015) -- Eileen Wilkie
* ''Series/{{Lewis}}'', episode "The Indelible Stain" (2012) -- Hazel O'Brien
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[[caption-width-right:1000:Not to be trusted with [[Series/KeepingUpAppearances Royal Doulton]], especially the ones with the hand-painted periwinkles.]]
->''"I owe my TV career to Ronnie Barker; he was always a lovely, generous, good man. Around the time of ''Series/TheTwoRonnies'', I was bending down looking into a supermarket freezer, when a woman suddenly appeared trying to see my face. I asked her why she didn't wait until I'd finished with the freezer, and she said, 'Well, I don't have much time'. That's fame for you."''
Josephine Ann Tewson, (26 February 1931 -- 18 August 2022), was a British actress best known for playing Elizabeth Warden in ''Series/KeepingUpAppearances''.
She studied at RADA after grammar school and graduated in 1952. She spent the rest of TheFifties acting on stage in London and would continue to make theater appearances for the rest of her life. In TheSixties, she began to appear on TV, where she would stay for most of the rest of her career.
Throughout TheSeventies, she began to play bigger roles, which she claimed was due to her guest appearances on ''Series/TheTwoRonnies''. In 1977, she co-starred in ''Odd Man Out'' with Creator/JohnInman as his half-sister and was rumoured to have been Inman's cousin. Other notable roles at the time were Penelope Marshall in ''No Appointment Necessary'' and Mrs. H. in ''Shelley''.
In 1990, she was cast in her most famous role - Elizabeth Warden, the timid and shaky-handed neighbour of Hyacinth in ''Keeping Up Appearances''. Tewson played Elizabeth in almost every episode and stuck with the series until it ended in 1995. She later worked again for the writer of ''KUP'', Roy Clarke, in ''Series/LastOfTheSummerWine'' as Miss Davenport, the librarian. She toured the UK in her one-woman show, ''Still Keeping Up Appearances?'', from 2012 to 2019.
In 1958, she married fellow actor Leonard Rossiter, but the two's marriage didn't work out and they divorced in 1961.
She died at the age of 91.
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!!Works on TV Tropes she appeared in:
[[AC:Film]]
* ''Film/{{Wilt}}'' (1989) -- Miss Leuchars
[[AC:Series]]
* ''Series/ZCars'', 3 episodes:
** "Wait for It" (1963) -- Elizabeth Hepton
** "The Mice Will Play" (1965) -- Mrs. Rogers
** "Aren't Policemen Wonderful: Part 2" (1968) -- Muriel Finch
* ''{{Series/The Champions|1968}}'', episode "The Night People" (1968) -- Hotel Switchboard Operator (UncreditedRole)
* ''Series/TheTwoRonnies'', 5 episodes:
** 1 episode (1971) -- Leticia
** 1 episode (1971) -- Millicent Spooner
** 1 episode (1975) -- Cynthia
** 1 episode (1976) -- Woman on Train Traveller
** 1 episode (1981) -- Ethel
* ''[[Series/WhodunnitUK Whodunnit?]]'', episode "No Happy Returns" (1977) -- Miss Frisby
* ''Series/TerryAndJune'', 2 episodes:
** "A Day in Boulogne" (1983) -- Brenda
** "Mistaken Identity" (1985) -- Mrs. Robins
* ''Series/{{Clarence}}'', 6 episodes (1988) -- Jane Travers
* ''Series/KeepingUpAppearances'', 43 episodes (1990-95) -- Elizabeth Warden
* ''Series/CoronationStreet'', 2 episodes (1994) -- Peggy Phillips
* ''Series/MidsomerMurders'', episode "[[Recap/MidsomerMurdersS3E3 Judgement Day]]" (2000) -- Samantha Johnstone
* ''Series/{{Heartbeat}}'', episode "Closing the Book" (2002) -- Mrs. Morris
* ''Series/LastOfTheSummerWine'', 61 episodes (2003-10) -- Miss Lucinda Davenport
* ''Series/HolbyCity'', episode "Looking After Number One" (2006) -- Mabel Phillips
* ''Series/{{Doctors}}'', 3 episodes:
** "Now You See It..." (2009) -- Audrey Winston
** "The Bespectacled Bounder" (2012) -- Marjorie Page
** "A Quiet Life" (2015) -- Eileen Wilkie
* ''Series/{{Lewis}}'', episode "The Indelible Stain" (2012) -- Hazel O'Brien
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