Jean Alexander

Known for

Acting

Born

October 11, 1926

Birthplace

Toxteth, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK

Died

October 14, 2016 (aged 90)

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.

Best known work

Coronation Street

1960

Scandal

1989

Last of the Summer Wine

1973

Heartbeat

1992

Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire

1999

The Paul O'Grady Show

2004

Decoy

1957

Tales of Tomorrow

1951

An Audience with...

1978

Barbara

1999

Filmography

2022
Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs
as Self (archive)
2004
The Paul O'Grady ShowTV
2004
The Phoenix and the Carpet
as Lily
2003
The Afternoon PlayTV
as Enid (1 episode)
1999
Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire
as Mrs. Santa (voice)
1999
BarbaraTV
as Queenie Liversidge (1 episode)
1997
The Phoenix and the CarpetTV
as Lily (5 episodes)
1994
Willie's War
as Nanny
1993
HarryTV
as Irene Patterson (1 episode)
1993
I, LovettTV
as Elsie Mittens (1 episode)
1992
HeartbeatTV
as Lily Barton (2 episodes)
1991
Rich Tea and SympathyTV
as Granny Trellis (6 episodes)
1989
Scandal
as Mrs. Keeler
1978
An Audience with...TV
as Self (1 episode)
1973
Last of the Summer WineTV
as Auntie Wainwright (186 episodes)
1962
Heart to Heart
as Waitress
1960
Coronation StreetTV
as Hilda Ogden (570 episodes), as Mrs. Webb (105 episodes)
1957
DecoyTV
as Gertrude Brewer (1 episode)
1955
Television PlayhouseTV
as Mrs. Harris (1 episode)
1951
Tales of TomorrowTV