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.
Filmography (20 titles)
MovieLast Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs
Self (archive) · 2022
5.1ShowThe Paul O'Grady Show
2004
7.0MovieThe Phoenix and the Carpet
Lily · 2004
6.5ShowThe Afternoon Play
Enid · 2003
6.1MovieRobbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire
Mrs. Santa (voice) · 1999
6.5ShowBarbara
Queenie Liversidge · 1999
ShowThe Phoenix and the Carpet
Lily · 1997
8.5MovieWillie's War
Nanny · 1994
Harry
Irene Patterson · 1993
6.7ShowI, Lovett
Elsie Mittens · 1993
7.2ShowHeartbeat
Lily Barton · 1992
Rich Tea And Sympathy
1991
6.0MovieScandal
Mrs. Keeler · 1989
5.3ShowAn Audience with...
Self · 1978
7.1ShowLast of the Summer Wine
Auntie Wainwright · 1973
8.0MovieHeart to Heart
Waitress · 1962
5.3ShowCoronation Street
Hilda Ogden · 1960
6.7ShowDecoy
Gertrude Brewer · 1957
Television Playhouse
Mrs. Harris · 1955
6.4ShowTales of Tomorrow
1951