Jean Alexander

Born: 1926-10-11

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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Scandal

as Mrs. Keeler
Released: 1989-03-03

An English bon-vivant osteopath is enchanted with a young exotic dancer and invites her to live...

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Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire

as Mrs. Santa (voice)
Released: 2002-12-13

Robbie the Reindeer arrives at the North Pole, ready to take his place as navigator on Santa's...

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Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs

as Self (archive)
Released: 2022-03-05

This new special reveals the secrets of the long-running sitcom's extraordinary success. Helped...

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Heart to Heart

as Waitress
Released: 1962-12-06

A television interviewer is determined to get a coup on a dodgy cabinet minister.

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Willie's War

as Nanny
Released: 1994-01-01

When 10-year-old Willie is evacuated from the East End of London, he is chosen by Zander,...

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Coronation Street

as Hilda Ogden
First aired: 1960-12-09

The residents of Coronation Street are ordinary, working-class people, and the show follows them...

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Coronation Street

as Mrs. Webb
First aired: 1960-12-09

The residents of Coronation Street are ordinary, working-class people, and the show follows them...

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Heartbeat

as Lily Barton
First aired: 1992-04-10

Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly...

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An Audience with...

as Self
First aired: 1978-01-08

An Audience with... is a British entertainment television show produced by London Weekend...

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Last of the Summer Wine

as Auntie Wainwright
First aired: 1973-01-04

Unencumbered by wives, jobs or any other responsibilities, three senior citizens who've never...

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Last of the Summer Wine

as Herself
First aired: 1973-01-04

Unencumbered by wives, jobs or any other responsibilities, three senior citizens who've never...

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The Paul O'Grady Show

as uncredited
First aired: 2004-10-11

The Paul O'Grady Show is a British comedy chat show hosted by Birkenhead-born comedian Paul...

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Decoy

as Gertrude Brewer
First aired: 1957-10-14

New York City policewoman Casey Jones' assignment to fight crime often entails her going...

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Tales of Tomorrow

as uncredited
First aired: 1951-08-03

Tales of Tomorrow is an American anthology science fiction series that was performed and...

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Where the Heart Is

as uncredited
First aired: 1997-04-06

Where the Heart Is is a British television family drama series set in the fictional Yorkshire...

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Barbara

as Queenie Liversidge
First aired: 1999-06-27

Barbara is a British sitcom starring Gwen Taylor in the title role. A pilot was broadcast in...

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