Jean Alexander
Acting
Born: 1926-10-11 · Toxteth, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
Died: 2016-10-14
Biography
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 nomi
🎬 Movies (6)
📺 TV Shows (15)
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004
The Afternoon Play
2003
Enid
Barbara
1999
Queenie Liversidge
The Phoenix and the Carpet
1997
Lily
Harry
1993
Irene Patterson
I, Lovett
1993
Elsie Mittens
Heartbeat
1992
Lily Barton
Rich Tea And Sympathy
1991
An Audience with...
1978
Self
Last of the Summer Wine
1973
Auntie Wainwright
Coronation Street
1960
Hilda Ogden
Coronation Street
1960
Mrs. Webb
Decoy
1957
Gertrude Brewer
Television Playhouse
1955
Mrs. Harris
Tales of Tomorrow
1951