Jean Alexander, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jean Alexander

English actress

Date of Birth: 24-Feb-1926

Place of Birth: Toxteth, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 14-Oct-2016

Profession: actor, stage actor, film actor, autobiographer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Jean Mavis Hodgkinson (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.