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.
TV Shows(15)
The Paul O'Grady Show
The Afternoon Play
Enid
Barbara
Queenie Liversidge
The Phoenix and the Carpet
Lily
I, Lovett
Elsie Mittens
Harry
Irene Patterson
Heartbeat
Lily Barton
Rich Tea And Sympathy
An Audience with...
Self
Last of the Summer Wine
Auntie Wainwright
Coronation Street
Mrs. Webb
Coronation Street
Hilda Ogden
Decoy
Gertrude Brewer
Television Playhouse
Mrs. Harris
Tales of Tomorrow