Josephine Tewson Obituary

Josephine Ann Tewson was a British character actress best known for her roles in British television sitcoms such as Elizabeth “Liz” Warden, Hyacinth Bucket’s long-suffering next-door neighbour in Keeping Up Appearances and Miss Davenport in Last of the Summer Wine.

Josephine Tewson passed away on August 18, 2022, at Denville Hall, a London retirement home for actors at the age of 91.

Josephine Tewson was born on February 26, 1931, in Hampstead, London.  After finishing grammar school, Tewson attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where she graduated in 1952.

Tewson portrayed a nanny in a 30-second commercial for Nabisco Fruit Newtons that aired in the United States in 1997.

During the late 1980s and early 1990s, she also portrayed a schoolteacher in a Sugar Puffs “I Want My Honey” commercial.

Her other sitcoms included Shelley with Hywel Bennett and No Appointment Necessary with Roy Kinnear. She also collaborated with Ronnie Barker, Charlie Drake, and Dick Emery.