Jean Alexander
- Acting
- October 11, 1926 · Toxteth, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
- October 14, 2016
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 · Self
- The Paul O'Grady Show
- The Phoenix and the Carpet · Lily
- The Afternoon Play · Enid
- Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire · Mrs. Santa (Voice)
- Barbara · Queenie Liversidge
- The Phoenix and the Carpet · Lily
- Willie's War · Nanny
- Harry · Irene Patterson
- I, Lovett · Elsie Mittens
- Heartbeat · Lily Barton
- Rich Tea and Sympathy · Granny Trellis
- Scandal · Mrs. Keeler
- An Audience with... · Self
- Last of the Summer Wine · Auntie Wainwright
- Heart to Heart · Waitress
- Winning Widows · Woman Customer
- Coronation Street · Mrs. Webb, Hilda Ogden
- Decoy · Gertrude Brewer
- Television Playhouse · Mrs. Harris
- Tales of Tomorrow