Jean Alexander
Acting
90 years oldToxteth, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UKBiography
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.
Personal Details
Movies (6)
TV Shows (15)
4.6
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004
The Afternoon Play
as Enid
2003
4.8
Barbara
as Queenie Liversidge
1999
The Phoenix and the Carpet
as Lily
1997
6.5
Where the Heart Is
1997
3.5
Harry
as Irene Patterson
1993
6.0
I, Lovett
as Elsie Mittens
1993
7.1
Heartbeat
as Lily Barton
1992
Rich Tea And Sympathy
1991
5.3
An Audience with...
as Self
1978
7.1
Last of the Summer Wine
as Auntie Wainwright
1973
5.3
Coronation Street
as Hilda Ogden
1960
6.4
Decoy
as Gertrude Brewer
1957
Television Playhouse
as Mrs. Harris
1955
6.0
Tales of Tomorrow
1951