5.3
TV
Acting
Jean Alexander
- Born
- Died
- (aged 90)
- Birthplace
- Toxteth, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
- Credits
- 21 titles
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.
Signature work
Known For
5.3
TV
6.0
Movie
Scandal
7.2
TV
Last of the Summer Wine
7.1
TV
Heartbeat
6.1
Movie
Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire
5.1
TV
The Paul O'Grady Show
6.5
TV
Decoy
6.4
TV
Tales of Tomorrow
6.5
TV
Barbara
6.7
TV
I, Lovett
8.5
Movie
Willie's War
7.0
Movie
The Phoenix and the Carpet
6.5
TV
The Afternoon Play
8.0
Movie
Heart to Heart
Movie
Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs
TV
The Phoenix and the Carpet
Acting credits 21
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs Film | Self (archive) |
| 2004 | The Paul O'Grady Show TV | (1 ep) |
| 2004 | The Phoenix and the Carpet Film | Lily |
| 2003 | The Afternoon Play TV | Enid (1 ep) |
| 1999 | Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire Film | Mrs. Santa (voice) |
| 1999 | Barbara TV | Queenie Liversidge (1 ep) |
| 1997 | The Phoenix and the Carpet TV | Lily (5 ep) |
| 1994 | Willie's War Film | Nanny |
| 1993 | Harry TV | Irene Patterson (1 ep) |
| 1993 | I, Lovett TV | Elsie Mittens (1 ep) |
| 1992 | Heartbeat TV | Lily Barton (2 ep) |
| 1991 | Rich Tea and Sympathy TV | Granny Trellis (6 ep) |
| 1989 | Scandal Film | Mrs. Keeler |
| 1978 | An Audience with... TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 1973 | Last of the Summer Wine TV | Auntie Wainwright (186 ep) |
| 1962 | Heart to Heart Film | Waitress |
| 1961 | Winning Widows TV | Woman Customer (1 ep) |
| 1960 | Coronation Street TV | Mrs. Webb, Hilda Ogden (105 ep) |
| 1957 | Decoy TV | Gertrude Brewer (1 ep) |
| 1955 | Television Playhouse TV | Mrs. Harris (1 ep) |
| 1951 | Tales of Tomorrow TV | (1 ep) |