News about Josephine Tewson

In Keeping Up Appearance (the pair on left) and as Miss Davenport in the Last of the Summer Wine, BBC viewers will fondly recall the 'comedy great' from childhood to now, but Tewson's career spanned 1950s to today. After graduating from RADA in 1952, the 'wonderful' actress appeared on David Frost on Sunday with comedy legends Ronnie Corbett and Ronnie Barker (bottom right) and appeared in the sitcom Shelley in the 70s and 80s. Leonard Rossiter, a fellow actor, dated her for three years before divorced in 1961. 'Len was always going off with other women and being uncaring,' Tewson said of their brief time together.' Debbie Arnold, a former EastEnders actress, expressed sorrow for her loss: "We're so sad we lost two amazing people, firstly Bruce Montague and then two days later - Josephine Tewson.' Judy Buxton and I had the pleasure of visiting the world and the United Kingdom with these comedy legends ending up in the West End. We had a blast. I adored Jo.'