Jean Alexander
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.
Acted in
Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs
2022
as Self (archive)
Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire
2002
as Mrs. Santa (voice)
Barbara
1999
as Queenie Liversidge
Where the Heart Is
1997
Willie's War
1994
as Nanny
Heartbeat
1992
as Lily Barton
Rich Tea And Sympathy
1991
Scandal
1989
as Mrs. Keeler
Last of the Summer Wine
1973
as Auntie Wainwright
Last of the Summer Wine
1973
as Herself
Heart to Heart
1962
as Waitress
Coronation Street
1960
as Hilda Ogden
Coronation Street
1960
as Mrs. Webb
Decoy
1957
as Gertrude Brewer
Television Playhouse
1955
as Mrs. Harris
Tales of Tomorrow
1951