Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 11, 1926
Died
Oct 14, 2016
Place of Birth
Toxteth, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
Credits
20 titles
Jean Alexander
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 (archive)
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
Scandal
Mrs. Keeler
An Audience with...
Self
Last of the Summer Wine
Auntie Wainwright
Heart to Heart
Waitress
Coronation Street
Hilda Ogden
Decoy
Gertrude Brewer
Television Playhouse
Mrs. Harris
Tales of Tomorrow