Jean Alexander | |
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 Alexander as Hilda Ogden in Coronation Street | |
| Born | Jean Margaret Hodgkinson 11 October 1926 Toxteth, Liverpool, England |
| Died | 14 October 2016 (aged 90) Southport, Merseyside, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1949–2010 |
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| Television |
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Jean Margaret Hodgkinson[1] (11 October 1926 – 14 October 2016), 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.
- ^ Evans, Jeff (2020). "Alexander, Jean [real name Jean Margaret Hodgkinson] (1926–2016)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.111489. ISBN 9780198614128. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)