Jean Alexander
Acting • Born 1926-10-11 – Died 2016-10-14
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.
Filmography
22 credits
Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs
Movie • 2022
Self (archive)
Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire
Movie • 1999
Mrs. Santa (voice)
Willie's War
Movie • 1994
Nanny
Scandal
Movie • 1989
Mrs. Keeler
The Phoenix and the Carpet
Movie • 2004
Lily
Heart to Heart
Movie • 1962
Waitress
Where the Heart Is
TV • 1997
The Paul O'Grady Show
TV • 2004
Heartbeat
TV • 1992
Lily Barton
Decoy
TV • 1957
Gertrude Brewer
Tales of Tomorrow
TV • 1951
Rich Tea And Sympathy
TV • 1991
Last of the Summer Wine
TV • 1973
Auntie Wainwright
Television Playhouse
TV • 1955
Mrs. Harris
An Audience with...
TV • 1978
Self
Coronation Street
TV • 1960
Hilda Ogden
Coronation Street
TV • 1960
Mrs. Webb
Barbara
TV • 1999
Queenie Liversidge
I, Lovett
TV • 1993
Elsie Mittens
The Afternoon Play
TV • 2003
Enid
Harry
TV • 1993
Irene Patterson
The Phoenix and the Carpet
TV • 1997
Lily