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Jean Alexander

Oct 11, 1926 - Oct 14, 2016 (90 years old) in Toxteth, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK

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.

Known For

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Coronation Street
Hilda Ogden
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Tales of Tomorrow
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Last of the Summer Wine
Auntie Wainwright
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Decoy
Gertrude Brewer
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Television Playhouse
Mrs. Harris
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Heartbeat
Lily Barton
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Where the Heart Is
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Barbara
Queenie Liversidge
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Scandal
Mrs. Keeler
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The Phoenix and the Carpet
Lily

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