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Jean Alexander Biography

Birth Name:Jean Alexander Hodgkinson

Birth Place:Liverpool, Lacanshire, United Kingdom

Profession Actress, Soundtrack

Fast Facts

In 1985, she received the Royal Television Society Award for her role on the TV soap opera "Coronation Street․"
Was voted Greatest Soap Opera Star of All Time by the UK TV Times in 2005
Her acting career started at the Adelphi Guild Theatre in Macclesfield, England, in 1949
Worked as a library assistant for five years before becoming an actress
Early in her career, she worked as an actress, wardrobe mistress and stage manager
Published an autobiography called "The Other Side of the Street: The Autobiography of Jean Alexander" in 1989
Had a fan club formed in her honor by iconic actor Laurence Olivier