Jean Hodgkinson, known by the stage name Jean Alexander (born 24 February 1926), is a retired English television actress. She was best known to British television viewers as 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 received a 1987 BAFTA TV Award nomination for Best Actress. She retired from acting in 2012. She has lived for many years in Southport, Merseyside.
She based her portrayal of Hilda Ogden on wartime women munitions workers, whose heads were always covered to protect them from the machinery. "They used to wear these scarves, like pudding-cloths, tied up and the curlers would be in.".
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Took her stage name from her father, Archibald Alexander Hodgkinson.
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Announced her retirement from acting in 2012. She subsequently suffered a stroke in 2014.
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She was voted "Greatest Soap Opera Star of All Time" in the UK TV Times in September 2005.
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She was awarded the Royal Television Society Award in 1985 for her role on "Coronation Street."
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Best known for her long-running role on the British soap, Coronation Street (1960), as Hilda Ogden. Lord Laurence Olivier formed a fan club in honor of Hilda Ogden.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Last of the Summer Wine
1988-2010
TV Series
Auntie
Auntie Wainwright
Aunty Wainwright
...
To the sea again
2006
Short
Annie
The Afternoon Play
2004
TV Series
Enid
Heartbeat
2001-2003
TV Series
Lily Barton / Mrs. Barton
Where the Heart Is
2000-2002
TV Series
Kathleen Beresford / Joan Cotter
Barbara
2000-2002
TV Series
Queenie Liversidge
Hooves of Fire
1999
TV Short
Mrs. Santa (voice)
Women of Coronation Street
1998
Video
Hilda Ogden
The Phoenix and the Carpet
1997
TV Mini-Series
Lily
Adam's Family Tree
1997
TV Series
Winifred Whisper
Harry
1995
TV Series
Irene Patterson
Willie's War
1994
Nanny
Cluedo
1993
TV Series
Marjory Hunt
I, Lovett
1993
TV Series
Elsie Mittens
The Good Guys
1992
TV Series
Maud Layton
Rich Tea and Sympathy
1991
TV Series
Granny Trellis
Woof!
1990
TV Series
Mrs. Potts
Scandal
1989
Mrs. Keeler
Boon
1988
TV Series
Rose
Coronation Street
1962-1987
TV Series
Hilda Ogden / Mrs. Webb
The Intruder
1972
TV Series
Miss. Binns
Mary Barton
1964
TV Series
Mrs. Jones
Badger's Bend
1963-1964
TV Series
Mrs. Alder
First Night
1963
TV Series
Mary Farley
Maupassant
1963
TV Series
Mme. Braux
Television Club
1962-1963
TV Series
Mrs. Wade
Z Cars
1962-1963
TV Series
Mrs. Cantrell / Amy Ford / Mrs. Hopkins / ...
In Search of the Castaways
1962
Lady on Ship (uncredited)
Emergency-Ward 10
1962
TV Series
Mrs. Nicholls
The Largest Theatre in the World: Heart to Heart
1962
TV Movie
Waitress
Jacks and Knaves
1961
TV Series
Mrs. Hancock
Winning Widows
1961
TV Series
Top Secret
1961
TV Series
Telephone Operator
ITV Television Playhouse
1961
TV Series
Deadline Midnight
1961
TV Series
Mrs. Gibson
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Coronation Street
1987
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Coronation Street: 50 Years, 50 Moments
2010
TV Movie documentary
Herself
This Morning
2010
TV Series
Herself
Coronation Street: The Webster Family Album
2007
TV Movie documentary
Herself
The Paul O'Grady Show
2005
TV Series
Herself
ITV 50 Greatest Shows
2005
TV Movie
Herself
The British Soap Awards 2005
2005
TV Special
Herself - Presenter
Coronation Street: Secrets
2003
TV Series documentary
Herself
30 Years of 'Last of the Summer Wine'
2003
TV Movie documentary
Herself / Auntie Wainwright
10 Years of Heartbeat
2002
TV Movie documentary
Herself
40 Years on Coronation Street
2000
TV Special
Herself
The British Soap Awards
1999
TV Special
Herself - Presenter
25 Years of 'Last of the Summer Wine'
1997
TV Movie documentary
Herself
The South Bank Show
1995
TV Series documentary
Herself
This Is Your Life
1976-1995
TV Series documentary
Herself
An Audience with Ken Dodd
1994
TV Special
Herself - Audience Member (uncredited)
Television's Greatest Hits
1992
TV Series documentary
Herself
Happy Birthday, Coronation Street!
1990
TV Movie
Herself
Blankety Blank
1989
TV Series
Herself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Good Morning Britain
2016
TV Series
Hilda Ogden
Granada Reports
2016
TV Series
Hilda Ogden / Herself - 1926-2016
Lorraine
2016
TV Series
Hilda Ogden
North West Tonight
2016
TV Series
Herself - 1926-2016
The South Bank Show Originals
2016
TV Series documentary
Herself
Victoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea
2013
TV Mini-Series documentary
Hilda Ogden
The Corrie Years
2011
TV Series documentary
Hilda Ogden
The Many Faces of...
2010
TV Series documentary
Herself
The Stars of the Street: 50 Years, 50 Classic Characters