People are saying goodbye to Josephine Tewson all over social media after hearing that she died at the age of 91.
Josephine had a great TV career after she started performing in the early 1950s. The talented actress was often on David Frost on Sunday and Hark at Barker with Ronnie Corbett and Ronnie Barker.
In 1988, she worked with comedian Ronnie Barker again to play Jane Tracers in his sitcom Clarence. This was his last main role on TV before he retired.
Here is what we know about how she died and who she was.
The cause of Josephine Tewson’s death was linked to her getting older
Josephine Tewson, who was in the TV shows “Keeping Up Appearances” and “Last of the Summer Wine,” died at the age of 91, her agent said.
Also, since it is said that she died peacefully while sleeping, her death may have been due to the fact that she was old.
The British sitcom star died “peacefully” at Denville Hall on Thursday night
Josephine Tewson’s agent, Jean Diamond of Diamond Management, said, “It is with great sadness that I can confirm Josephine Tewson’s death.” “Josephine, who was 91, died at Denville Hall last night.”
People are already paying tribute to the actress on social media. One person wrote, “She’s shook her last teacup in Hyacinth’s kitchen.” Adieu, Josephine Tewson.
Carol Challis, the wife of the late actor John Challis, paid tribute to him by posting a photo of him with Tewson from their cameo on the British comedy show Last of the Summer Wine.
She wrote on social media, “Goodbye, Josephine Tewson.” John loved how they worked together in The Last of the Summer Wine. Another has left.
Once her family and close friends have told the news, the public will also know about her obituary and memorial services.
The actress’s net worth of $1 million comes from 60 years of acting
Tewson may have a large net worth because of her long acting career, which began in 1959 and will end in 2019. Even though no one knows for sure, many online news sources have said that she is worth more than $10 to $15 million.
In the 1979 movie Shelley, she played Edna “Mrs. H” Hawkins, which was her big break. She was in the 1980s and early 1990s sitcom written and made by Peter Tilbury. She was in it for six seasons.
He also had recurring roles on shows like David Frost on Sunday, Gark at Barker, Z-Cars, and The Charlie Drake Show, where he worked with comedy legends Ronnie Corbett and Ronnie Barker.
Her last job before she retired was an appearance on Clarence with Barker in 1988.
She was best known for playing Elizabeth Warden, Hyacinth’s neighbor and reluctant confidante, on the popular BBC sitcom Keeping Up Appearances.
Henry Newman, Tweson’s second husband, died in 1980
During her life, the famous actress got married twice. In 1958, she got married to Leonard Rossiter, who was in the movie Rising Damp.
But their marriage didn’t last long. In 1961, after only three years of being married, they split up.
The actress was single for more than ten years before she married her second husband, Henry Newman. Reports say that they got married in 1972 and that they were together for eight years before he died tragically in 1980.
Married Henry for 8 years but didn’t have any children
Even though Tewson was married twice, neither of her husbands gave her any children. Henry was her second husband. They were married for eight years, but no children are known to have been born to them.
But unlike Tweson, Leonard, her ex-husband, had a daughter. Rossiter moved in with actress Gillian Raine two years after he and his ex-wife split up. They had met during the second run of the play at the Belgrade and fell in love.
Camilla was their daughter, and they said their wedding vows in 1972, the same year that Tweson married Henry.
Rossiter stayed with his wife until he died on October 5, 1984.
Early years and work
Tewson was born in London, in Hampstead. Her father, William Tewson, was a professional musician who played double bass in the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Her mother, Kate Tewson (née Morley, born 1908), was a nurse and the daughter of Haydn Morley, who captained Sheffield Wednesday in the 1890 F.A. cup final. Tewson went to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), where she graduated in 1952. There, she met actor Leonard Rossiter, whom she married in 1958, but they got a divorce in 1961.
In 1974, Thriller showed a younger Tewson
Tewson was a regular on David Frost on Sunday and Hark at Barker (1970), where she did comedy sketches with Ronnie Corbett and Ronnie Barker. Later, she was on Mostly Monkhouse, a BBC Radio Comedy show with David Jason and Bob Monkhouse. She was also in Z-Cars (1963–1969) and The Charlie Drake Show a few times (1968). Tewson was in Brian Clemens’s Thriller in 1974. In that movie, Michael Jayston played a dashing serial killer who kills her character.
Tewson starred in the 1977 movie Odd Man Out with his close friend John Inman
Tewson and John Inman played half-brothers and half-sisters in the unsuccessful sitcom Odd Man Out from 1977. She was said to be Inman’s cousin, but she has said in several interviews that this is not true. In the first six seasons of the British sitcom Shelley, from 1979 to 1982, Tewson played Edna Hawkins, who was called Mrs. H. by most people. She also played Mrs. Briggs, the housekeeper, and the Fairy Godmother in the 1984 movie Gabrielle and the Doodleman, which was made for kids. Later, she played Jane Travers in Ronnie Barker’s sitcom Clarence (1988), which Barker also wrote. It was Barker’s last starring role on TV before he retired as an actor.
Tewson starred with David Griffin in the 1991 TV show Keeping Up Appearances
Tewson is best known for her role as super-snob Hyacinth Bucket’s neighbor and friend Elizabeth Warden in the 1990-1995 TV show Keeping Up Appearances. Tewson was in almost every episode of the five-season run. As the worried, coffee-spilling next-door neighbor, he showed off his great comic timing. Tewson and Routledge became friends while making Keeping Up Appearances, and they have kept that friendship going. Tewson is also good friends with Clive Swift, who played Richard in the show. They often go to Lord’s in London to watch cricket together.
After that,
Jean Alexander, who played Auntie Wainwright, and Jean Furgusson, who played Marina, were on the set of Last of the Summer Wine with Tewson (right).
Tewson played Miss Davenport in a one-off episode of Last of the Summer Wine with Bernard Cribbins, Peter Sallis, and Frank Thornton in 2003. In 2004, she became a regular in the show and stayed in the role until it ended in 2010. Roy Clarke, who also wrote “Keeping Up Appearances,” also wrote this show. She has also been in two episodes of the documentary series Comedy Connections. In 2003, she talked about her work on “Keeping Up Appearances,” and in 2005, she was on “The Two Ronnies.” She played Iris in the 2009 radio play Leaves in Autumn, which was written by Susan Casanove and put on by the Wireless Theatre Company.
In 2002, she was in an episode of Heartbeat called “Closing the Book.” In an episode of the mystery show Midsomer Murders, she played the competition judge Samantha Johnstone (“Judgement Day”, 2000). Most recently, she was in two episodes of Doctors. In “Now You See It,” she played a thief named Audrey Wilson, and in “Marjorie Page,” she played a woman in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease (“The Bespectacled Bounder,” 2012).
Tewson talked about her one-woman show “Still Keeping Up Appearances?” on BBC Breakfast in July 2012
Still Keeping Up Appearances?, Tewson’s one-woman show, opened in 2012 and went on tour all over the UK. A friend of Tewson’s who went to a charity lunch in Brighton where the actress was speaking and telling funny stories from her long career gave him the idea for the show. Tewson went on BBC Breakfast with Charlie Stayt and Susanna Reid to talk about her tour in July 2012. An English actress who has worked on stage and on TV. She is best known for playing Elizabeth in Keeping Up Appearances (1990) and Miss Davenport in Last of the Summer Wine.
Tewson was born in 1931 in the London neighborhood of Hampstead. William, her father, was a professional musician who played double bass in the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Kate, her mother, was a nurse and was born in 1908. After elementary school, Tewson went to school at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. In 1952, she got her diploma from that school. She was married to actor Leonard Rossiter for a short time. They split up in 1961.
She often did comedy sketches with Ronnie Corbett and Ronnie Barker on David Frost on Sunday and Hark at Barker (1970), and she later joined David Jason and Bob Monkhouse on Mostly Monkhouse, a BBC Radio comedy show. She was also in Z-Cars (1963–1969) and The Charlie Drake Show a few times (1968). Shelley called Edna Hawkins “Mrs. H” most of the time, and Tewson played her in the first six seasons of the British sitcom Shelley (1979-82). Later, she played Jane Travers in Ronnie Barker’s sitcom Clarence (1988), which he also wrote and was his last starring role on TV before he retired.
Tewson is best known for her role as Hyacinth Bucket’s next-door neighbor Elizabeth in the TV show Keeping Up Appearances. Tewson was in almost every episode of the five-season run of “Mrs. Bouquet.” He was an often-nervous but sensible counterpoint to the confused and clueless “Mrs. Bouquet.”
Tewson and John Inman played half-brothers and half-sisters in the 1977 sitcom Odd Man Out.
Tewson played Miss Davenport in the 2003–2010 series Last of the Summer Wine, which was written by Roy Clarke, who also wrote the series Keeping Up Appearances. She has also talked about her work in Keeping Up Appearances (2004) and with The Two Ronnies in two episodes of the documentary show Comedy Connections (2005). She played Iris in the 2009 radio play Leaves in Autumn, which was written by Susan Casanove and put on by the Wireless Theatre Company.
In 2002, she was in an episode of Heartbeat called “Closing the Book.” In an episode of the mystery show Midsomer Murders, she played the competition judge Samantha Johnstone (“Judgement Day”, 2002). Later, she was in two episodes of Doctors as a thief named Audrey Wilson (“Now You See It…”, 2009) and an Alzheimer’s patient named Marjorie Page (“The Bespectacled Bounder,” 2012).
In 2012, Tewson started touring the UK with her one-woman show Still Keeping Up Appearances?
In the United States in the late 1990s, she played a nanny in a 30-second ad for Nabisco Fruit Newtons.
Only two years younger than co-star Patricia Routledge, even though Routledge’s older look makes it look like there’s a bigger age gap.
Personal Quotes
[about Pat Routledge] I wouldn’t want to upset her, but she’s very professional and great to work with.
[about getting married to Leonard Rossiter] It’s a big mistake that a lot of people make if they work together and get along well, which we did in our jobs, but that’s not the same as living with someone. No, it was… well, it was a total mess. He didn’t realize he was being self-centered, and his mother loved him and did everything for him.
Ronnie Barker gave me my start in TV. He was always a nice, kind, and good man. Around the time of “The Two Ronnies,” I was bending over to look into a grocery store freezer when a woman came out of nowhere and tried to see my face. I asked her why she didn’t wait until I was done with the freezer, and she said, “Well, I don’t have much time.” That’s how you get famous.