Josephine Tewson

Josephine Tewson (born 26th February 1931 in London) appeared on Coronation Street as Peggy Phillips, eldest daughter of Maud Grimes and in attendance at half-sister Maureen Naylor's wedding to Reg Holdsworth in January 1994.

After leaving grammar school, she trained at RADA and graduated in 1952. Other credits include roles in Preview, No Hiding Place, Emergency-Ward 10, Z Cars, Son of the Bride, No Appointment Necessary, Shelley, Rude Health, Keeping Up Appearances, Midsomer Murders, Heartbeat, Holby City, Last of the Summer Wine, Lewis, Doctors and the films The Troublesome Double, The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Gabrielle and the Doodleman, Wilt and The Mumbo Jumbo.

On stage she has appeared in productions of The Killing of Sister George, Arsenic and Old Lace, See How They Run, Noises Off, Woman in Mind, Moscow Shadows, Last of the Red Hot Lovers, The Importance of Being Earnest, A Lady of Letters, Romeo and Juliet and A Woman of No Importance.