JOSEPHINE TEWSON

'Josephine Tewson' (born 26 February 1939) is an English actress, best known for her role as Elizabeth Warden in ''Keeping Up Appearances'' (1990–95).
She also played Edna Hawkins in the first six series of the British sitcom ''Shelley''. In 1988, she played Jane Travers in the sitcom ''Clarence'', which was written by and starred, in his last television role before his retirement, Ronnie Barker.
Tewson was born in Hampstead, London, and studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She was once married to the actor Leonard Rossiter, though they later divorced.
More recently, she has appeared semi-regularly as Miss Davenport in ''Last of the Summer Wine'' (written by Roy Clarke, who also wrote ''Keeping Up Appearances''). She has 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). She was also in an episode of Heartbeat in 2002 called ''Closing The Book'' which was part of the eleventh series.

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