Jean Margaret 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. More about Jean Alexander
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Jean Margaret Hodgkinson was born at 18 Rhiwlas Street in the Toxteth area of Liverpool, Lancashire 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.In total, we tracked 200 items since 01/09/2012. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Jean Alexander (Large Seascape Yacht Oil Paining In Gold Gilt Frame, Signed Jean Alexander) was sold in July 2018 for £60.00 while the cheapest item (Jean Alexander Signed Card - Last of the Summer Wine - #44) found a new owner for £0.55 in April 2013. The month with the most items sold (9) was April 2018 with an average selling price of £3.00 for an autographed item of Jean Alexander. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in December 2016 with £49.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was July 2023. In average, an autographed item from Jean Alexander is worth £5.99.
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JEAN ALEXANDER (CORONATION STREET HILDA OGDEN) SIGNED PHOTO CARD. 14.cm x 9.5cm | £1.95 | ||
JEAN ALEXANDER (CORONATION STREET) HAND SIGNED CAST CARD | £4.00 | ||
JEAN ALEXANDER *Auntie Wainwright* LAST OF THE SUMMER WINE HAND SIGNED CAST CARD | £4.00 | ||
JEAN ALEXANDER *Hilda Ogden* CORONATION STREET PRE-SIGNED AUTOGRAPH CAST CARD | £6.00 | ||
Jean Alexander - ' Hilda Ogden - Auntie Wainwright ' Hand Signed Card. | £4.99 | ||
Jean Alexander - Hilda Ogden - Coronation Street - Pre Signed Cast Card | £4.99 | ||
JEAN ALEXANDER Genuine Handsigned Signature on Small Card +Photograph 6 x 4 | £2.50 | ||
Jean Alexander Last of The Summer Wine Signed 6x4 Photograph | £29.99 | ||
Jean Alexander signed photo & signed note, TV actress Coronation Street | £4.99 | ||
Printed Coronation Street Photograph Signed - Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander | £0.99 |
Jean Alexander's brother breaks silence on Corrie star's health scare (01/08/15): The Corrie actress' brother confirms star's health scare, but says she is doing well.
Coronation Street legend Jean Alexander back at home following amazing recovery (09/10/14): 87-year-old says "there is life in the old dog yet"
"Life in the old dog yet!": Corrie legend Jean Alexander says she is fighting fi (09/10/14): Actress, who played Cobbles cleaner Hilda Ogden for 23 years, is back home after an amazing recovery following a stroke
'Coronation Street' Hilda Ogden Actress Jean Alexander Suffered 'Slight Stroke' (06/29/14): Former ‘ Coronation Street ’ actress Jean Alexander, who played the iconic role of Hilda Ogden for over two decades on the ITV soap, has opened up about her recent health scare, revealing that she suffered a “small stroke”. The soap queen was taken to hospital in an ambulance earlier in the week aft
Corrie great Jean Alexander on the mend (06/27/14): After suffering "a very slight stroke", Coronation Street legend Jean Alexander has said she is recovering well and has thanked fans for their good wishes.
Jean Alexander (06/2014): 88-year-old actress said: "The only stories they seem to have in mind is who’s jumping into whose bed next. I lost interest somehow" CORRIE star Michael Le Vell has extra reason to celebrate when thesoap’s 50th birthday goes with a bang this week.All beca