Jean Alexander

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

22

Gender

Female

Birthday

1926-10-11

Day of death

2016-10-14 (90 years old)

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

  • Coronation Street

    Coronation Street

  • Coronation Street

    Coronation Street

  • Heartbeat

    Heartbeat

  • Last of the Summer Wine

    Last of the Summer Wine

  • An Audience with...

    An Audience with...

  • The Paul O'Grady Show

    The Paul O'Grady Show

  • Tales of Tomorrow

    Tales of Tomorrow

  • Where the Heart Is

    Where the Heart Is

  • Decoy

    Decoy

  • Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire

    Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire

  • Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs

    Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs

  • Scandal

    Scandal

  • The Afternoon Play

    The Afternoon Play

  • Willie's War

    Willie's War

  • Harry

    Harry

  • Heart to Heart

    Heart to Heart

  • I, Lovett

    I, Lovett

  • Barbara

    Barbara

  • Rich Tea And Sympathy

    Rich Tea And Sympathy

  • Television Playhouse

    Television Playhouse

  • The Phoenix and the Carpet

    The Phoenix and the Carpet

  • The Phoenix and the Carpet

    The Phoenix and the Carpet