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Jean Alexander

Jean Alexander

Actor · 1926–2016 · Toxteth, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK

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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 nomination for Best Actress.

Acted in 15

1990s

  1. 1999

    Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire

    Mrs. Santa (voice)

  2. Barbara

    Queenie Liversidge · 1 episode

  3. 1997

    The Phoenix and the Carpet

    Lily · 5 episodes

  4. 1994

    Willie's War

    Nanny

  5. 1993

    I, Lovett

    Elsie Mittens · 1 episode

  6. 1992

    Heartbeat

    Lily Barton · 2 episodes

    70

1960s

  1. 1962

    Heart to Heart

    Waitress

  2. 1960

    Coronation Street

    Hilda Ogden, Mrs. Webb · 570 episodes

    55
Appearances2

2020s

  1. 2022

    Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs

    Self (archive)