Person

Jean Alexander

Acting · 1926–2016 · Toxteth, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK

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.

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  Coronation Street

  Mrs. Webb

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  Heartbeat

  Lily Barton

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  The Paul O'Grady Show

  2004

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  Last of the Summer Wine

  Auntie Wainwright

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  An Audience with...

  Self

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  Tales of Tomorrow

  1951

• Television Playhouse

  Mrs. Harris

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  The Afternoon Play

  Enid

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  Decoy

  Gertrude Brewer

• Harry

  Irene Patterson

• 2022Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of LaughsSelf (archive)
• 2004The Paul O'Grady Show
• 2004The Phoenix and the CarpetLily
• 2003The Afternoon PlayEnid
• 1999Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of FireMrs. Santa (voice)
• 1999BarbaraQueenie Liversidge
• 1997The Phoenix and the CarpetLily
• 1994Willie's WarNanny
• 1993HarryIrene Patterson
• 1993I, LovettElsie Mittens
• 1992HeartbeatLily Barton
• 1991Rich Tea And Sympathy
• 1989ScandalMrs. Keeler
• 1978An Audience with...Self
• 1973Last of the Summer WineAuntie Wainwright
• 1962Heart to HeartWaitress
• 1960Coronation StreetMrs. Webb
• 1957DecoyGertrude Brewer
• 1955Television PlayhouseMrs. Harris
• 1951Tales of Tomorrow