Josephine Tewson

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

Midsomer Murders

Samantha Johnstone

Heartbeat

Lewis

Hazel O'Brien

Last of the Summer Wine

Miss Davenport

Keeping Up Appearances

Elizabeth 'Liz' Warden

No Hiding Place

The Champions

Hotel Switchboard Operator

Thriller

Yvonne

Whoops Baghdad

Fatima

Shelley

The Two Ronnies

Cynthia

Terry and June

Brenda

Terry and June

Mrs Robins

Wilt

Miss Leuchars

Six Dates with Barker

Odd Man Out

Elementary, My Dear Watson

Lady Cynthia

Hark at Barker

Clarence

Jane Travers

Coppers End

Sgt. Penny Pringle

Rude Health

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Nun

His Lordship Entertains

Tell Tarby

A Coffin for the Bride

Yvonne

The Caucasian Chalk Circle

Peasant Woman/Older Lady/Mother in Law

The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket

Elizabeth Warden

No Appointment Necessary

The Many Faces of Ronnie Barker

Self

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

Miss Hoskins

The Mumbo Jumbo

Miss Hodges

Gabrielle and the Doodleman

Mrs. Briggs / Fairy Godmother

The Troublesome Double

Mrs. Wentworth

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