Acting · Toxteth, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK · Born October 11, 1926
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.
MovieLast Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs
2022
as Self (archive)
TVThe Paul O'Grady Show
2004
MovieThe Phoenix and the Carpet
2004
as Lily
TVThe Afternoon Play
2003
as Enid
MovieRobbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire
1999
as Mrs. Santa (voice)
TVBarbara
1999
as Queenie Liversidge
TVThe Phoenix and the Carpet
1997
as Lily
MovieWillie's War
1994
as Nanny
Harry
1993
as Irene Patterson
TVI, Lovett
1993
as Elsie Mittens
TVHeartbeat
1992
as Lily Barton
Rich Tea And Sympathy
1991
MovieScandal
1989
as Mrs. Keeler
TVAn Audience with...
1978
as Self
TVLast of the Summer Wine
1973
as Auntie Wainwright
MovieHeart to Heart
1962
as Waitress
TVCoronation Street
1960
as Mrs. Webb
TVDecoy
1957
as Gertrude Brewer
Television Playhouse
1955
as Mrs. Harris
TVTales of Tomorrow
1951
