Jean Alexander
ActingBorn Oct 11, 1926Died Oct 14, 2016
Toxteth, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
Jean Mavis Hodgkinson, known by the stage name Jean Alexander, was a British television actress. She was best known to television viewers for her long running role of Hilda Ogden in the soap opera Coronation Street, a role she played from 1964 until 1987, and also as Auntie Wainwright in the long-running sitcom Last of the Summer Wine from 1988 to 2010. For her role in Coronation Street, she won the 1985 Royal Television Society Award for Best Performance, and received a 1988 BAFTA TV Award nomination for Best Actress.
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Filmography
2022Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughsas Self (archive)movie2004The Paul O'Grady Showtv2004The Phoenix and the Carpetas Lilymovie2003The Afternoon Playas Enidtv1999Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fireas Mrs. Santa (voice)movie1999Barbaraas Queenie Liversidgetv1997The Phoenix and the Carpetas Lilytv1997Where the Heart Istv1994Willie's Waras Nannymovie1993Harryas Irene Pattersontv1993I, Lovettas Elsie Mittenstv1992Heartbeatas Lily Bartontv1991Rich Tea And Sympathytv1989Scandalas Mrs. Keelermovie1978An Audience with...as Selftv1973Last of the Summer Wineas Auntie Wainwrighttv1962Heart to Heartas Waitressmovie1960Coronation Streetas Mrs. Webbtv1957Decoyas Gertrude Brewertv1955Television Playhouseas Mrs. Harristv1951Tales of Tomorrowtv