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.
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1926-10-11 · Toxteth, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
- Died
- 2016-10-14
Known for
- Coronation Street (1960) — Mrs. Webb
- Scandal (1989) — Mrs. Keeler
- Last of the Summer Wine (1973) — Auntie Wainwright
- Heartbeat (1992) — Lily Barton
- Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire (1999) — Mrs. Santa (voice)
- The Paul O'Grady Show (2004)
- Decoy (1957) — Gertrude Brewer
- Tales of Tomorrow (1951)
- An Audience with... (1978) — Self
- Barbara (1999) — Queenie Liversidge
- I, Lovett (1993) — Elsie Mittens
- Harry (1993) — Irene Patterson
- Willie's War (1994) — Nanny
- The Phoenix and the Carpet (2004) — Lily
- The Afternoon Play (2003) — Enid
- Heart to Heart (1962) — Waitress