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Josephine Ann Tewson (born 26 February 1931) is an English stage and television actress. She is best known for her roles in British television sitcoms, such as Elizabeth in ''Keeping Up Appearances'' (1990–95) and Miss Davenport in ''Last of the Summer Wine'' (2003–10). ==Early life and career== Tewson was born in Hampstead, London. 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. 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 Warden, neighbour and confidant of social wannabe Hyacinth Bucket in ''Keeping Up Appearances''. Tewson appeared in nearly every episode for the 5 series run, providing an often rattled but pragmatic counter to the scattered and clueless "Mrs Bouquet". Tewson was featured with John Inman in ''Odd Man Out'' (1977), an unsuccessful sitcom, where they played half-brother/half-sister roles. She was rumoured to be Inman's cousin, though she has denied this in interviews.〔Shaw, Karen. "Tonight Josephine." ''Northern Life''. Last modified 27 September 2012. Accessed 28 March 2013. http://www.northernlifemagazine.co.uk/article.aspx?aid=373〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Josephine Tewson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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