Jean Alexander
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 nomi...
Known For
Filmography
Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs
2022
as Self (archive)
The Phoenix and the Carpet
2004
as Lily
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004
The Afternoon Play
2003
as Enid
Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire
1999
as Mrs. Santa (voice)
Barbara
1999
as Queenie Liversidge
The Phoenix and the Carpet
1997
as Lily
Willie's War
1994
as Nanny
I, Lovett
1993
as Elsie Mittens
Harry
1993
as Irene Patterson
Heartbeat
1992
as Lily Barton
Rich Tea and Sympathy
1991
as Granny Trellis
Scandal
1989
as Mrs. Keeler
An Audience with...
1978
as Self
Last of the Summer Wine
1973
as Auntie Wainwright
Heart to Heart
1962
as Waitress
Coronation Street
1960
as Hilda Ogden
Coronation Street
1960
as Mrs. Webb
Decoy
1957
as Gertrude Brewer
Television Playhouse
1955
as Mrs. Harris
Tales of Tomorrow
1951