Josephine Ann Tewson (26 February 1931 - 18 August 2022) was a British stage and television character actress. She is best known for her roles in popular and long-running British television sitcoms, such as Elizabeth "Liz" Warden, one of the long-suffering neighbours of Hyacinth Bucket in Keeping Up Appearances (1990–95), and Miss Davenport in Last of the Summer Wine (2003–10). She was formerly married to Leonard Rossiter.

Filmography

• Lewis — Hazel O'Brien
• 2000The Mumbo Jumbo — Miss Hodges
• Midsomer Murders — Samantha Johnstone
• 1997The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket — Elizabeth Warden
• Heartbeat
• Keeping Up Appearances — Elizabeth 'Liz' Warden
• 1989Wilt — Miss Leuchars
• Clarence — Jane Travers
• Rude Health
• 1985The Caucasian Chalk Circle — Peasant Woman/Older Lady/Mother in Law
• 1984Gabrielle and the Doodleman — Mrs. Briggs / Fairy Godmother
• Shelley
• Terry and June — Brenda, Mrs Robins
• 1978The Hound of the Baskervilles — Nun
• No Appointment Necessary
• Odd Man Out — Dorothy Sutcliffe
• 1977The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It — Miss Hoskins
• 1974A Coffin for the Bride — Yvonne
• Happy Ever After — Mrs Robins
• 1973Elementary, My Dear Watson — Lady Cynthia
• Last of the Summer Wine — Miss Davenport
• Tell Tarby
• Thriller — Yvonne
• Whoops Baghdad — Fatima
• His Lordship Entertains
• Coppers End — Sgt. Penny Pringle
• Six Dates with Barker — Travers
• The Two Ronnies — Cynthia
• Hark at Barker — Mildred Bates
• The Champions — Hotel Switchboard Operator
• 1967The Troublesome Double — Mrs. Wentworth
• No Hiding Place

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 2012The Many Faces of Ronnie Barker — Self
• Frost on Sunday — Self / Various Characters