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Jean Alexander

Jean Alexander

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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

Scandal
Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire
The Phoenix and the Carpet
Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs
Heart to Heart
Willie's War

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