
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.

Heartbeat

Last of the Summer Wine

Willie's War

Where the Heart Is

Decoy

Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire

Scandal

Tales of Tomorrow

I, Lovett

An Audience with...

Coronation Street

Barbara

The Paul O'Grady Show

Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs

The Phoenix and the Carpet

Heart to Heart

The Afternoon Play

The Phoenix and the Carpet