Jean Alexander
Actor
- Born
- October 11, 1926 · Toxteth, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
- Died
- October 14, 2016 (age 90)
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
Acting6
- 2022Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs as Self (archive)
- 2004The Phoenix and the Carpet as Lily
- 1999Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire as Mrs. Santa (voice)
- 1994Willie's War as Nanny
- 1989Scandal as Mrs. Keeler
- 1962Heart to Heart as Waitress