Actor
Jean Alexander
Born 1926 · 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.
Acting
Scandal
Mrs. Keeler · 1989
Last of the Summer Wine
Auntie Wainwright · 1973
Heartbeat
Lily Barton · 1992
Coronation Street
Hilda Ogden · 1960
Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire
Mrs. Santa (voice) · 1999
Willie's War
Nanny · 1994
Heart to Heart
Waitress · 1962
Decoy
Gertrude Brewer · 1957
I, Lovett
Elsie Mittens · 1993
The Phoenix and the Carpet
Lily · 2004
Television Playhouse
Mrs. Harris · 1955
The Afternoon Play
Enid · 2003
Barbara
Queenie Liversidge · 1999
Harry
Irene Patterson · 1993
An Audience with...
Self · 1978
Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs
Self (archive) · 2022
The Phoenix and the Carpet
Lily · 1997