About

Known credits:
7
Birthday:
1926-10-11
Place of birth:
Toxteth, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
Website:
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Jean Alexander

Overview

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.

Known for

Acting
2022 Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs Actor Self (archive) N/A
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1999 Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire Actor Mrs. Santa (voice) 58
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1994 Willie's War Actor Nanny N/A
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1991 Rich Tea And Sympathy Actor N/A
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1989 Scandal Actor Mrs. Keeler 58
Average
1973 Last of the Summer Wine Actor Auntie Wainwright 70
Good
1962 Heart to Heart Actor Waitress N/A
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