Jean Alexander
Oct 11, 1926 - Oct 14, 2016 (90 years old) in Toxteth, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
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
Coronation Street
Mrs. Webb
Heartbeat
Lily Barton
Last of the Summer Wine
Auntie Wainwright
The Afternoon Play
Enid
Television Playhouse
Mrs. Harris
Decoy
Gertrude Brewer
Harry
Irene Patterson
Scandal
Mrs. Keeler
Credits
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Self (archive)★ NR -
Lily★ NR -
The Afternoon Play 2003Enid★ NR -
Mrs. Santa (voice)★ 6 -
Barbara 1999Queenie Liversidge★ 4.8 -
Where the Heart Is 1997★ 6.5 -
Willie's War 1994Nanny★ 7 -
Harry 1993Irene Patterson★ 3.5
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I, Lovett 1993Elsie Mittens★ 6 -
Heartbeat 1992Lily Barton★ 7.1 -
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Scandal 1989Mrs. Keeler★ 6 -
Auntie Wainwright★ 7.1 -
Heart to Heart 1962Waitress★ NR -
Coronation Street 1960Mrs. Webb★ 5.3 -
Decoy 1957Gertrude Brewer★ 6.4 -
Television Playhouse 1955Mrs. Harris★ NR
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Tales of Tomorrow 1951★ 6