Jean Alexander
ActingOctober 11, 1926— October 14, 2016 (age 90)
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.
Movies
(6 total)
Scandal
19896.0
as Mrs. Keeler
Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire
19996.0
as Mrs. Santa (voice)
Willie's War
19947.0
as Nanny
Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs
2022
as Self (archive)
Heart to Heart
1962
as Waitress
TV Shows
(16 total)
Coronation Street
19605.3
as Mrs. Webb
Coronation Street
19605.3
as Hilda Ogden
Last of the Summer Wine
19737.1
as Auntie Wainwright
Heartbeat
19927.1
as Lily Barton
Decoy
19576.4
as Gertrude Brewer
An Audience with...
19785.3
as Self
Barbara
19994.8
as Queenie Liversidge
I, Lovett
19936.0
as Elsie Mittens
The Afternoon Play
2003
as Enid
