Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Born
October 11, 1926
Died
October 14, 2016 (age 90)
Place of Birth
Toxteth, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
Jean Alexander
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.
Known For
TV
Coronation Street
Hilda Ogden
1960
TV
Coronation Street
Mrs. Webb
1960
TV
Heartbeat
Lily Barton
1992
TV
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004
TV
Last of the Summer Wine
Auntie Wainwright
1973
TV
An Audience with...
Self
1978
TV
Television Playhouse
Mrs. Harris
1955
TV
Decoy
Gertrude Brewer
1957
TV
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
TV
Where the Heart Is
1997
TV
The Afternoon Play
Enid
2003
TV
Harry
Irene Patterson
1993
TV
Barbara
Queenie Liversidge
1999
Film
Scandal
Mrs. Keeler
1989
TV
Rich Tea And Sympathy
1991
TV
The Phoenix and the Carpet
Lily
1997
TV
I, Lovett
Elsie Mittens
1993
Film
Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs
Self (archive)
2022
Film
Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire
Mrs. Santa (voice)
1999
Film
The Phoenix and the Carpet
Lily
2004
Filmography
2022FilmLast Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughsas Self (archive)2004TVThe Paul O'Grady Show2004FilmThe Phoenix and the Carpetas Lily2003TVThe Afternoon Playas Enid1999FilmRobbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fireas Mrs. Santa (voice)1999TVBarbaraas Queenie Liversidge1997TVThe Phoenix and the Carpetas Lily1997TVWhere the Heart Is1994FilmWillie's Waras Nanny1993TVHarryas Irene Patterson1993TVI, Lovettas Elsie Mittens1992TVHeartbeatas Lily Barton1991TVRich Tea And Sympathy1989FilmScandalas Mrs. Keeler1978TVAn Audience with...as Self1973TVLast of the Summer Wineas Auntie Wainwright1962FilmHeart to Heartas Waitress1960TVCoronation Streetas Hilda Ogden1957TVDecoyas Gertrude Brewer1955TVTelevision Playhouseas Mrs. Harris1951TVTales of Tomorrow