Jean Alexander
Known for Acting · 20 credits
- Born
- 1926-10-11
- Died
- 2016-10-14
- Place of birth
- 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
TV Shows (14)
Coronation Street
1960
as Hilda Ogden / Mrs. Webb
Heartbeat
1992
as Lily Barton
Last of the Summer Wine
1973
as Auntie Wainwright
An Audience with...
1978
as Self
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
Decoy
1957
as Gertrude Brewer
Television Playhouse
1955
as Mrs. Harris
The Afternoon Play
2003
as Enid
Harry
1993
as Irene Patterson
Barbara
1999
as Queenie Liversidge
I, Lovett
1993
as Elsie Mittens
The Phoenix and the Carpet
1997
as Lily
Rich Tea And Sympathy
1991
Movies (6)
About Jean Alexander
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. With 20 credits spanning from 1951 to 2022, Jean Alexander has appeared in 6 films and 14 TV shows.
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Most Popular Jean Alexander Movies
- Scandal (1989) — as Mrs. Keeler
- Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire (1999) — as Mrs. Santa (voice)
- Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs (2022) — as Self (archive)
- Willie's War (1994) — as Nanny
- The Phoenix and the Carpet (2004) — as Lily
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