Jean Alexander

Jean Alexander
Alexander as Hilda Ogden in Coronation Street
Born
Jean Margaret Hodgkinson

(1926-10-11)11 October 1926
Toxteth, Liverpool, England
Died14 October 2016(2016-10-14) (aged 90)
Southport, Merseyside, England
OccupationActress
Years active1949–2010
Known for
Television
  • Coronation Street (1962, 1964–1987, 1990, 1998)
  • Last of the Summer Wine (1988–1989, 1992–2010)

Jean Margaret Hodgkinson (11 October 1926 – 14 October 2016), known by the stage name Jean Alexander, was a British 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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