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.
Movie Appearances
TV Appearances
Where the Heart Is
1997
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004
Heartbeat
as Lily Barton
1992
Decoy
as Gertrude Brewer
1957
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
Rich Tea And Sympathy
1991
Last of the Summer Wine
as Auntie Wainwright
1973
Television Playhouse
as Mrs. Harris
1955
An Audience with...
as Self
1978
Coronation Street
as Hilda Ogden
1960
Coronation Street
as Mrs. Webb
1960
Barbara
as Queenie Liversidge
1999