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Jean Alexander

Acting Born Oct 11, 1926 Toxteth, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK 21 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 nomination for Best Actress.

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Full filmography

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