Jean Alexander
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Coronation Street
Mrs. Webb
1960
Series
Coronation Street
Hilda Ogden
1960
Series
Heartbeat
Lily Barton
1992
Series
Last of the Summer Wine
Auntie Wainwright
1973
Series
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004
Series
An Audience with...
Self
1978
Television Playhouse
Mrs. Harris
1955
Series
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
Series
Decoy
Gertrude Brewer
1957
Series
The Afternoon Play
Enid
2003
Harry
Irene Patterson
1993
Series
Barbara
Queenie Liversidge
1999
Film
Scandal
Mrs. Keeler
1989
Rich Tea And Sympathy
1991
Series
The Phoenix and the Carpet
Lily
1997
Series
I, Lovett
Elsie Mittens
1993
Film
Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire
Mrs. Santa (voice)
1999
Film
Heart to Heart
Waitress
1962
Film
The Phoenix and the Carpet
Lily
2004
Film
Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs
Self (archive)
2022
Film
Willie's War
Nanny
1994