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An English stage and television actress. She was best known for her roles in British television sitcoms, such as Elizabeth in Keeping Up Appearances (1990) and Miss Davenport in Last of the Summer Wine.
Tewson was born in Hampstead, London, England in 1931. Her father, William, was a professional musician and played the double bass in the BBC Symphony Orchestra; her mother, Kate (née Morley, born 1908), was a nurse. After grammar school, Tewson studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art from which she graduated in 1952. She was briefly married to actor Leonard Rossiter; they divorced in 1961.
A regular comedy performer in sketches featuring Ronnie Corbett and Ronnie Barker on David Frost on Sunday and Hark at Barker (1970), she later appeared in Mostly Monkhouse, a BBC Radio comedy programme with David Jason supporting Bob Monkhouse. She also appeared a few times in Z-Cars (1963-69) and The Charlie Drake Show (1968). Tewson played Edna Hawkins (usually referred to as Mrs H by Shelley) in the first six series 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 television role before his retirement.
Tewson is best known for her role as Elizabeth, neighbour and confidant of Hyacinth Bucket in Keeping Up Appearances. Tewson appeared in nearly every episode for the five series run, providing an often rattled but pragmatic counter to the scattered and clueless Mrs Bouquet.
Tewson starred with John Inman in Odd Man Out (1977), a sitcom, where they played half-brother/half-sister roles.
Tewson appeared semi-regularly as Miss Davenport in Last of the Summer Wine (2003-10), a series written by Roy Clarke who also wrote Keeping Up Appearances. She 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). In 2009, she played the role of Iris in the radio drama Leaves in Autumn written by Susan Casanove, produced by the Wireless Theatre Company.
Other television appearances were in an episode of Heartbeat ("Closing The Book", 2002) and as the competition judge, Samantha Johnstone, in an episode in the mystery drama Midsomer Murders ("Judgement Day", 2002). Later she was featured in two episodes of Doctors as kleptomaniac, Audrey Wilson, ("Now You See It...", 2009) and as Marjorie Page, a woman in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease ("The Bespectacled Bounder," 2012). She also appeared in an episode of Lewis.
In 2012 Tewson launched her one-woman show Still Keeping Up Appearances? touring the UK.
She died on 18th August 2022 of natural causes at the age of 91.- Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Virginia Patton was raised in Portland, Oregon, where she graduated from Jefferson High School in 1942. Her high school goal was to "make it in Hollywood". She relocated to Los Angeles and attended the University of Southern California, where she starred in a play written by William C. de Mille. She appeared in several films throughout the early 1940s before landing a supporting part in It's a Wonderful Life (1946), which she considered a once in a lifetime movie role.
She retired from acting in the late 1940s to concentrate on raising a family with her husband, Cruse W. Moss, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. - John Donovan was an actor, known for Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002), Ghosts of the Abyss (2003) and The Clonus Horror (1979). He died on 18 August 2022 in the USA.
- Herbert Mullin was born on 18 April 1947 in Salinas, California, USA. He died on 18 August 2022 in Stockton, California, USA.
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Sombat Matanee was a legendary Thai singer, movie idol and director of the 1960-70s with over 2,000 film credits and 200 song credits. Matanee was elected to the Thai senate for a 6 year term by popular vote in April 19, 2006 only to have his term cut short by the Military coupe in Thailand the same year.- Editor
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Robert Q. Lovett was born on 19 August 1926 in the USA. He was an editor, known for The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974), Blow Out (1981) and A Bronx Tale (1993). He was married to Lynn. He died on 18 August 2022 in Katonah, New York, USA.- Byung-chul Lee was an actor, known for Abuji (2009), Green Fish (1997) and Bubukeullinik saranggwa jeonjaeng (1999). He died on 18 August 2022 in South Korea.
- Mislav Bago was born on 13 September 1973 in Zagreb, Croatia. He was an actor, known for Kazaliste u kuci (2006), RTL Danas (2010) and In magazin (2009). He died on 18 August 2022 in Zagreb, Croatia.
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Cathee Weiss was born in 1954 in Albany, New York, USA. She was a producer and actress, known for Shoulders (2016), The Crystal Lake Massacres Revisited (2009) and Legacy (2000). She was married to Ivan. She died on 18 August 2022 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Tom Palmer was born on 13 July 1942 in the USA. He was a writer, known for Yami no teiô kyuketsuki dorakyura (1980). He died on 18 August 2022.
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Rolf Kühn was born on 29 September 1929 in Cologne, Germany. He was a composer and actor, known for The Vengeance of Doctor Mabuse (1972), Der Todesrächer von Soho (1972) and Tanzende Sterne (1952). He was married to Judy Winter. He died on 18 August 2022 in Berlin, Germany.- Tsimaras Tzanatos died on 18 August 2022 in Athens, Greece.
- Dominique Eudes was born in 1935. He was a writer, known for Artischocke (1981), Le risque de vivre (1980) and Les Descendants - Les grands Noms de'Histoire (1966). He died on 18 August 2022 in Paris, France.