Emma Chambers Dead: The Vicar Of Dibley's Alice Tinker Dies Aged 53

Emma Chambers, best-known for her role as Alice Tinker in ‘The Vicar of Dibley’, has died aged 53.

The news was confirmed by her agency who said she passed away from natural causes and will be “greatly missed”.

It added: “Emma created a wealth of characters and an immense body of work. She brought laughter and joy to many.”

Our beautiful friend Emma Chambers has died at the age of 53. We're very very sad. She was a great, great comedy performer, and a truly fine actress. And a tender, sweet, funny, unusual, loving human being. pic.twitter.com/vLQcRcv2Ex

— emma freud (@emmafreud) February 24, 2018

Chambers also starred in Notting Hill and the TV adaptation of Martin Chuzzlewit but it was her role as the lovely-but-dim Alice Tinker in The Vicar of Dibley between 1994 and 2007 that won the nation’s hearts. 

Watch a clip of Alice Tinker below...

Absolutely stunned and saddened to hear that Emma Chambers has died at only 53.
She was best known for playing Alice in The Vicar Of Dibley.

She was fantastic. Such a shame ️ pic.twitter.com/TKjvvZMEqD

— Oliver (@oliverWwestwood) February 24, 2018

RIP to the lovely #EmmaChambers .. her face seeing Julia Roberts for the first time in Notting hill was “spit your drink out” priceless . pic.twitter.com/LSYAueFS1E

— Rob Ashby-Hawkins (@HawkinsAshby) February 24, 2018

She is survived by her husband, fellow actor Ian M. Dunn

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