Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
October 11, 1926
Place of Birth:
Toxteth, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
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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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs | Self (archive) |
| 1999 | Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire | Mrs. Santa (voice) |
| 1997 | The Phoenix and the Carpet | Lily |
| 1994 | Willie's War | Nanny |
| 1989 | Scandal | Mrs. Keeler |
| 1962 | Heart to Heart | Waitress |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | The Paul O'Grady Show | |
| 2003 | The Afternoon Play | Enid |
| 1999 | Barbara | Queenie Liversidge |
| 1997 | Where the Heart Is | |
| 1997 | The Phoenix and the Carpet | Lily |
| 1993 | I, Lovett | Elsie Mittens |
| 1993 | Harry | Irene Patterson |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | Lily Barton |
| 1991 | Rich Tea And Sympathy | |
| 1978 | An Audience with... | Self |
| 1973 | Last of the Summer Wine | Auntie Wainwright |
| 1960 | Coronation Street | Hilda Ogden |
| 1960 | Coronation Street | Mrs. Webb |
| 1957 | Decoy | Gertrude Brewer |
| 1955 | Television Playhouse | Mrs. Harris |
| 1951 | Tales of Tomorrow |