Jean Alexander

Jean Alexander
Alexander as Hilda Ogden in Coronation Street
Born	Jean Margaret Hodgkinson (1926-10-11)11 October 1926 Toxteth, Liverpool, England
Died	14 October 2016(2016-10-14) (aged 90) Southport, Merseyside, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1949–2010
Known for	Role of Hilda Ogden in Coronation Street Role of Auntie Wainwright in Last of the Summer Wine
Television	Coronation Street (1962, 1964–1987, 1990, 1998) Last of the Summer Wine (1988–1989, 1992–2010)

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.