Jean Alexander

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.

Known For

Coronation Street

as Hilda Ogden

Coronation Street

as Mrs. Webb

Scandal

as Mrs. Keeler

Last of the Summer Wine

as Auntie Wainwright

Last of the Summer Wine

as Herself

Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire

as Mrs. Santa (voice)

Heartbeat

as Lily Barton

The Paul O'Grady Show

Tales of Tomorrow

Decoy

as Gertrude Brewer