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Jean Alexander
Actor
Born October 11, 1926Died October 14, 2016 (90 years)
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.
Filmography
| 2020 | Coronation Street: Compilations (TV Series) · as Hilda Ogden |
| 2004 | The Paul O'Grady Show (TV Series) |
| 2003 | The Afternoon Play (TV Series) · as Enid |
| 1999 | Hooves of Fire · as Mrs. Santa (voice) |
| 1998 | Women of Coronation Street · as Hilda Ogden |
| 1997 | The Phoenix and the Carpet (1997) (TV Series) · as Lily |
| 1997 | Where the Heart Is (TV Series) |
| 1995 | Barbara (TV Series) · as Queenie Liversidge |
| 1995 | The Coronation Street Collection: The Duckworths · as Hilda Ogden |
| 1993 | Harry (1993) (TV Series) · as Irene Patterson |
| 1992 | |
| 1990 | Cluedo (TV Series) · as Marjory Hunt |
| 1989 | Scandal · as Mrs. Keeler |
| 1989 | Woof! (TV Series) · as Mrs. Potts |
| 1989 | I, Lovett (TV Series) · as Elsie Mittens |
| 1986 | |
| 1973 | Last of the Summer Wine (TV Series) · as Auntie Wainwright |
| 1964 | The Comedy Man · as Costume Lady At Film Shoot |
| 1963 | First Night (TV Series) · as Mary Farley |
| 1962 | In Search of the Castaways · as Lady On Ship |
| 1962 | The Largest Theatre in the World: Heart to Heart · as Waitress |
| 1962 | Z Cars (TV Series) · as Amy Ford |
| 1960 | Coronation Street (TV Series) · as Hilda Ogden |
| 1957 | Decoy (TV Series) · as Gertrude Brewer |
| 1957 | Emergency-Ward 10 (TV Series) · as Mrs. Nicholls |
| 1955 | ITV Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Mrs. Harris |
| 1951 | Tales of Tomorrow (TV Series) |