Jean Alexander
British actress
Jean Margaret 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.Wikipedia
| Born | October 11, 1926 |
| Hometown | Toxteth, United Kingdom |
| Height | 5'4" (1.63m) |
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