Jean Alexander
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 11, 1926
- Died
- October 14, 2016 (aged 90)
- Birthplace
- 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
Filmography
Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs
Movie · as Self (archive)
The Phoenix and the Carpet
Movie · as Lily
The Paul O'Grady Show
TV · 1 ep
The Afternoon Play
TV · as Enid · 1 ep
Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire
Movie · as Mrs. Santa (voice)
Barbara
TV · as Queenie Liversidge · 1 ep
The Phoenix and the Carpet
TV · as Lily · 5 eps
Willie's War
Movie · as Nanny
I, Lovett
TV · as Elsie Mittens · 1 ep
Harry
TV · as Irene Patterson · 1 ep
Heartbeat
TV · as Lily Barton · 2 eps
Rich Tea and Sympathy
TV · as Granny Trellis · 6 eps
Scandal
Movie · as Mrs. Keeler
An Audience with...
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Last of the Summer Wine
TV · as Auntie Wainwright · 186 eps
Heart to Heart
Movie · as Waitress
Winning Widows
TV · as Woman Customer · 1 ep
Coronation Street
TV · as Mrs. Webb, Hilda Ogden · 105 eps
Decoy
TV · as Gertrude Brewer · 1 ep
Television Playhouse
TV · as Mrs. Harris · 1 ep
Tales of Tomorrow
TV · 1 ep