Jean Alexander, who has died aged 90, was one of the UK’s best loved actresses after appearing in Coronation Street as cleaning lady Hilda Ogden for 23 years. Born Jean Hodgkinson, in Toxteth in 1926, ...

After Coronation Street icon Jean Alexander sadly passed away yesterday, tributes have been pouring in from the show, cast members and fans of the actress. And now Corrie stalwarts including William ...

Jean Mavis 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 ...

A former Coronation Street scriptwriter and friend of Jean Alexander has revealed that the late actress was "nothing like" her wise-cracking character Hilda Ogden. Daran Little, who now writes for ...