The actress – who portrayed the dim but lovable Alice Tinker opposite French’s Geraldine Granger in the long-running BBC comedy – died of natural causes on Wednesday evening, her agent confirmed.
Doncaster-born Chambers also starred as Hugh Grant’s sister Honey in Richard Curtis’ Bafta-winning film Notting Hill.
French (pictured below with Gloria Hunniford) said in a statement to the Press Association: “Emma was a very bright spark and the most loyal & loving friend anyone could wish for.
“I will miss her very much.”
Recalling their characters’ close friendship, French shared a photo of Alice lying on top of Geraldine in a shot from the popular series.
She wrote on Twitter: “I was regularly humped like this by the unique & beautiful spark that was Emma Chambers. I never minded. I loved her. A lot.”
Grant called news of her death “very sad”.
He wrote on Twitter: “Emma Chambers was a hilarious and very warm person and of course a brilliant actress.
The Vicar Of Dibley, also written by Curtis, originally ran from 1994 to 1998 but returned for numerous festive and comic relief specials with the latest episode airing as recently as 2015.
Each episode would close with Geraldine telling a joke to Alice who would either react nonplussed, interpret it literally, or only understand…
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