Jean Alexander
Known For
Acting
Born
1926-10-11 in 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 nomination for Best Actress.
Most Known For
Coronation Street
as Hilda Ogden
Coronation Street
as Mrs. Webb
Heartbeat
as Lily Barton
Last of the Summer Wine
as Auntie Wainwright
The Paul O'Grady Show
Television Playhouse
as Mrs. Harris
An Audience with...
as Self
Tales of Tomorrow
Where the Heart Is
The Afternoon Play
as Enid
Decoy
as Gertrude Brewer
Harry
as Irene Patterson
Scandal
as Mrs. Keeler
Barbara
as Queenie Liversidge
The Phoenix and the Carpet
as Lily
I, Lovett
as Elsie Mittens
Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire
as Mrs. Santa (voice)
Rich Tea And Sympathy
Heart to Heart
as Waitress
Willie's War
as Nanny