Jean Alexander
Acting
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 20
Movies (6)
Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs2022Self (archive)
The Phoenix and the Carpet2004Lily
Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire1999Mrs. Santa (voice)
Willie's War1994Nanny
Scandal1989Mrs. Keeler
Heart to Heart1962Waitress
Shows (14)
The Paul O'Grady Show2004
The Afternoon Play2003Enid
Barbara1999Queenie Liversidge
The Phoenix and the Carpet1997Lily- Harry1993Irene Patterson
I, Lovett1993Elsie Mittens
Heartbeat1992Lily Barton- Rich Tea And Sympathy1991
An Audience with...1978Self
Last of the Summer Wine1973Auntie Wainwright
Coronation Street1960Mrs. Webb
Decoy1957Gertrude Brewer- Television Playhouse1955Mrs. Harris
Tales of Tomorrow1951