Jean Alexander
Acting
Born: 1926-10-11 in Toxteth, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
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.
Known For
Coronation Street
Hilda Ogden
Coronation Street
Mrs. Webb
The Paul O'Grady Show
Heartbeat
Lily Barton
Last of the Summer Wine
Auntie Wainwright
Tales of Tomorrow
An Audience with...
Self
The Afternoon Play
Enid
Decoy
Gertrude Brewer
Barbara
Queenie Liversidge
Scandal
Mrs. Keeler
The Phoenix and the Carpet
Lily
I, Lovett
Elsie Mittens
Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire
Mrs. Santa (voice)
Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs
Self (archive)
The Phoenix and the Carpet
Lily
Willie's War
Nanny
Heart to Heart
Waitress