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Jean Alexander is a British television actress best known for her roles as Hilda Ogden in Coronation Street and Auntie Wainwright in Last of the Summer Wine. She was born on 11 October 1926 in Toxteth, Liverpool, England.
Alexander began her career in the 1950s, appearing in various television series and films. She is best known for her role as Hilda Ogden in Coronation Street, which she played from 1964 to 1987. She also appeared in Last of the Summer Wine from 1988 to 2010, playing the role of Auntie Wainwright.
Alexander has won numerous awards for her work, including the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in 1985, and the Lifetime Achievement Award at the British Soap Awards in 2006.
As of 2021, Jean Alexander's net worth is estimated to be $2 million.
| Popular As |
Jean Margaret Hodgkinson |
| Occupation |
actress,soundtrack |
| Age |
90 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Libra |
| Born |
11 October, 1926 |
| Birthday |
11 October |
| Birthplace |
Toxteth, Liverpool, England |
| Date of death |
October 14, 2016 |
| Died Place |
Southport, Merseyside, England |
| Nationality |
United Kingdom |
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She is a member of famous Actress with the age 90 years old group.
Jean Alexander Height, Weight & Measurements
At 90 years old, Jean Alexander height is 5' 4" (1.63 m) .
| Physical Status |
| Height |
5' 4" (1.63 m) |
| Weight |
Not Available |
| Body Measurements |
Not Available |
| Eye Color |
Not Available |
| Hair Color |
Not Available |
Dating & Relationship status
She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.
| Family |
| Parents |
Not Available |
| Husband |
Not Available |
| Sibling |
Not Available |
| Children |
Not Available |
Jean Alexander Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Jean Alexander worth at the age of 90 years old? Jean Alexander’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actress. She is from United Kingdom. We have estimated
Jean Alexander's net worth
, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2023 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2022 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2022 |
Under Review |
| House |
Not Available |
| Cars |
Not Available |
| Source of Income |
Actress |
Jean Alexander Social Network
Timeline
Announced her retirement from acting in 2012. She subsequently suffered a stroke in 2014.
She was voted "Greatest Soap Opera Star of All Time" in the UK TV Times in September 2005.
When she decided to leave the show in 1987, fans started "Save Hilda!" campaigns; however, many did not realise that she had made her own decision to depart.
Her final scenes in the programme were aired on 25 December 1987, attracting nearly 27 million viewers, the highest number in the show's history.
In 1985 she received the Royal Television Society Award for her performance on Coronation Street.
In 1984, hundreds of fans sent her condolence cards after the death of her on-screen husband Stan Ogden, played by Bernard Youens, who had died a few months before his character was killed off.
She started playing the role on 8 July 1964, finally leaving on 25 December 1987. Ogden became highly popular with viewers and Alexander was often identified with her character.
Alexander first appeared in Coronation Street in 1962 in a minor role as a landlady. Two years later, she returned to the programme as Hilda Ogden.
Jean Mavis Hodgkinson, known by the stage name Jean Alexander, was a British television actress. She was best known to British television viewers as Hilda Ogden in the soap opera Coronation Street (1960), 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 (1960), she won the 1985 Royal Television Society Award for Best Performance, and received a 1988 BAFTA TV Award nomination for Best Actress.
Alexander spent five years as a library assistant in Liverpool before she began her acting career in 1949 at the Adelphi Guild Theatre in Macclesfield. She first appeared as Florrie in Sheppey by Somerset Maugham. She later worked in rep in Oldham, Stockport and York. Most of her parts were minor, and she also worked as a wardrobe mistress and stage manager. Her television debut is variously given as in the police series Z-Cars or in Deadline Midnight.
Alexander was born at 18 Rhiwlas Street Toxteth, Liverpool, in 1926, to Nell and Archie Hodgkinson; her father worked as an electrician and the family lived in a terraced house with no indoor lavatory. Alexander had an elder brother, Kenneth. She aspired to become an actress from an early age, and later said that she was inspired by variety acts she saw at the Pavilion theatre in her home city. She attended St Edmund's College for Girls in Princes Park, Toxteth and as a teenager, she joined an amateur theatre group and took elocution lessons.
