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

Heartbeat

Last of the Summer Wine

An Audience with...

The Paul O'Grady Show

Tales of Tomorrow

Decoy

All Movies (6)

• Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs2022 · as Self (archive)
• The Phoenix and the Carpet2004 · as Lily
• Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire1999 · as Mrs. Santa (voice)
• Willie's War1994 · as Nanny
• Scandal1989 · as Mrs. Keeler
• Heart to Heart1962 · as Waitress

All TV Shows (15)

• The Paul O'Grady Show2004
• The Afternoon Play2003 · as Enid
• Barbara1999 · as Queenie Liversidge
• The Phoenix and the Carpet1997 · as Lily
• Harry1993 · as Irene Patterson
• I, Lovett1993 · as Elsie Mittens
• Heartbeat1992 · as Lily Barton
• Rich Tea And Sympathy1991
• An Audience with...1978 · as Self
• Last of the Summer Wine1973 · as Auntie Wainwright
• Coronation Street1960 · as Hilda Ogden
• Coronation Street1960 · as Mrs. Webb
• Decoy1957 · as Gertrude Brewer
• Television Playhouse1955 · as Mrs. Harris
• Tales of Tomorrow1951