Which 'Coronation Street' character was played for may years by Jean Alexander?
"He had worked on Granada comedy productions prior to his appointment. Stan (Bernard Youens) and Hilda Ogden (Jean Alexander) were often at the centre of overtly funny storylines, with other comic characters including Eddie Yeats (Geoffrey Hughes), Fred Gee (Fred Feast), and Jack Duckworth (William Tarmey) all making their first appearances during the decade. In 1976, Pat Phoenix returned to her role as Elsie Tanner and, after a spate of ill health, Violet Carson returned on a more regular basis as Ena. ""Coronation Street's"" stalwart cast slotted back into the programme alongside the newcomers, examining new relationships between characters of"
"and third place respectively. After 23 years playing Hilda, Jean Alexander decided to leave ""Coronation Street"" in 1987. According to Alexander in 2010, it was the right time to leave as the writers had run out of ideas for Hilda and as a character, Hilda had run out of steam. She added, ""Her other half had gone and she would have just scraped along. I didn't want that."" Alexander went to see the show's producer Bill Podmore to inform him she did not want to renew her contract. Her decision to leave prompted an outcry from fans and a ""Save"
"husband, Bernard Youens. Her autobiography, ""The Other Side of the Street: The Autobiography of Jean Alexander"", was published in 1989. She lived for many years in Southport, Merseyside, and was a regular visitor to the Southport Flower Show. In 2009 she joined with others to campaign successfully for a temporary library in the town while the central library was being refurbished. Alexander announced her retirement in 2012, two years after her last television appearance. Her acting career lasted for more than 60 years. She celebrated her 90th birthday on 11 October 2016, but was taken ill and died three days"
"of Hilda Ogden, due to ""Coronation Street's"" overemphasis on sex and ""who's sleeping with whom"". She also criticised the soap for not being fun enough and she disapproved of the modern storylines, saying some are allowed to ""drag on forever"". She added: A spokesperson for the soap responded to Alexander's criticism, saying, ""We don't subscribe to Jean's opinions. Every week 12 million people across the country tune in to be entertained by the drama in ""Coronation Street""."" Alexander reportedly declined to return as Hilda as part of ""Coronation Street's"" 50th anniversary celebrations in December 2010. They allegedly offered her a"
"5,000 people. The typical appearance of Hilda, wearing hair curlers and a head scarf, has inspired art and catwalk themes. Despite various producers expressing their desire to see the character return, Jean Alexander was openly critical about the direction ""Coronation Street"" has taken, vowing never to reprise the role of Hilda again. Alexander had previously appeared in 1962 as Mrs. Webb, the landlady of Joan Akers, who abducted Christopher Hewitt. Hilda Ogden, with her trademark hair curlers and pinny, has been described as ""the classic hard-working class Northern woman. With a voice like breaking glass and a temper to match""."
"their mouths full. To date, she has had four different roles in ""Coronation Street"". In 1997, she played a nursing colleague of regular character Martin Platt and appeared in five episodes in 2005 as a police family liaison officer. She was cast as the character Beth Tinker, a former model and ex-girlfriend of Steve McDonald, in two episodes of the serial which aired in August 2011. The production team later brought Tinker back as a permanent character. For her role as Beth, George has been nominated as Best Newcomer in the 2012 annual ""TV Choice"" Awards. The actress stated she"
"of youthful rebellion. Though the rest of the original Barlow family were killed off before the end of the 1970s, Ken, who for 27 years was the only character from the first episode remaining, has remained the constant link throughout the entire series. In 2011, Dennis Tanner (Philip Lowrie), another character from the first episode, returned to ""Coronation Street"" after a 43-year absence. Since 1984, Ken Barlow has been the show's only remaining original character. Emily Bishop (Eileen Derbyshire) had appeared in the series since late-January 1961, when the show was just weeks old, and was the show's longest-serving female"
"Annie Walker (Coronation Street) Annie Walker (also Beaumont) was a long-standing fictional character in the ITV soap opera ""Coronation Street"". She was played by actress Doris Speed from the series' first episode in 1960 until Speed retired from the role 23 years and 1,737 episodes later in 1983. The character of Annie has been noted as ""snobbish"" and ""snooty"" due to her condescending attitude and delusions of grandeur. Despite this, Annie proved to be one of the show's most popular characters and Speed received more fan mail than any other cast member at the time. For her service, Speed was"
"pinny, hair curlers, and the ""muriel"" in her living room with three ""flying"" duck ornaments. Hilda Ogden's departure on Christmas Day 1987, remains the highest-rated episode of ""Coronation Street"" ever, with nearly 27,000,000 viewers. Stan Ogden had been killed off in 1984 following the death of actor Bernard Youens after a long illness which had restricted his appearances towards the end. Bet Lynch (Julie Goodyear) first appeared in 1966, before becoming a regular in 1970, and went on to become one of the most famous ""Corrie"" characters. Bet stood as the central character of the show from 1985 until departing"
"from 1979 to 1981 but only made a small number of appearances. Walker took back the role in 1985 and Susan became a main character again before departing in 1987. Patterson had played the role with a strong Scots accent, whereas Walker did not. After a thirteen-year absence, Susan returned for a final time in early 2001, now played by Joanna Foster, which saw the character get killed off after introducing her secret son Adam. In January 2001, the character returned to ""Coronation Street"" with actress Joanna Foster taking over the role. Susan comes back to Weatherfield to introduce her"
"on to become the first great 'double act' of the series, and following the series' early success, Jack and Annie's two children were introduced - Billy (Ken Farrington) and Joan (June Barry), who arrived for Joan's wedding to teacher Gordon Davies (Calvin Malone) in 1961. In 1983, a year of immense change for ""Coronation Street"", the ""Daily Mirror"" published a story claiming that Doris Speed was many years older than she had claimed. Speed collapsed on seeing the article and was quickly written out of the show to give the elderly actress time to recover. Shortly afterwards however, her home"
"over the running of the Rovers after her death. Annie Walker (Coronation Street) Annie Walker (also Beaumont) was a long-standing fictional character in the ITV soap opera ""Coronation Street"". She was played by actress Doris Speed from the series' first episode in 1960 until Speed retired from the role 23 years and 1,737 episodes later in 1983. The character of Annie has been noted as ""snobbish"" and ""snooty"" due to her condescending attitude and delusions of grandeur. Despite this, Annie proved to be one of the show's most popular characters and Speed received more fan mail than any other cast"
"of ""Coronation Street"". Edna outlived him by 17 years, dying in July 2001 at the age of 88. Jean Alexander, who played his on-screen wife Hilda in ""Coronation Street"", outlived him by 32 years, passing away in October 2016, three days after her 90th birthday. Bernard Youens Bernard Arthur Popley (28 December 1914 – 27 August 1984), better known by his stage name Bernard Youens, was an English character actor, best remembered for his portrayal of Stan Ogden in ""Coronation Street"" from 1964 until his death in 1984. Born in Hove, Sussex, as Bernard Arthur Popley, ""Bunny"" Youens (as he"
"again 'life took away everything I ever cared about' and 'all that I ever 'ad, I lorst'."" Brown was nominated in the Best Actress category at the 2009 British Academy Television Awards based on her performance in the episode, becoming the first soap actress nominated in the category since 1988, when Jean Alexander was shortlisted for her role as Hilda Ogden in ""Coronation Street"". She commented that she was proud to be nominated, but was not overly excited as: ""I don't believe anything is going to happen until it does, until you see your name on a paper or it"
"Joan Alexander Joan Alexander (born Louise Abrass; April 16, 1915 – May 21, 2009) was an American actress known for her role as Lois Lane on the radio serial ""The Adventures of Superman"" and the animated films the Fleischer Superman cartoons. Alexander was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota to a Lebanese American family. Her father died when she was three, and when her mother remarried, the family moved to Brooklyn, New York. and young Louise was sent to attend a convent school on Long Island. She became a model and actress, and studied acting in Europe with Benno Schneider, a"
"Lois Baxter Lois Ann Baxter (born 26 April 1947) is a British actress, best known for playing Marie Stanton in ""Coronation Street"" from 1976 to 1977, and Lady Caroline in the period drama ""When the Boat Comes In"". Other appearances include: ""The Black Stuff"", ""Spyder's Web"", ""Within These Walls"", ""Hadleigh"", ""Z-Cars"", ""Van der Valk"", ""Crown Court"", ""Doctor Who"" (in the serial ""The Androids of Tara""), ""Dickens of London"", ""All Creatures Great and Small"", ""Angels"", ""Minder"", ""The Cleopatras"", ""Bergerac"", ""Tales of the Unexpected"", ""Dempsey and Makepeace"", ""Casualty"", ""Holby City"" and ""The Bill"". She has guest-starred in the audio dramas ""Sapphire and"
"head. Tina made her final appearance on 2 June 2014, where she died in hospital. Carla was considered a prime murder suspect, as Tina had been her husband's mistress; while Peter was also a possible suspect because Tina had threatened to reveal their affair to Carla. A few weeks after Tina's death, it was announced that Marc Baylis, who plays Rob, would be leaving the soap. Rob left ""Coronation Street"" on 5 November 2014, after being caught and arrested for Tina's murder. In March 2017, a surprise ""whodunnit"" storyline took place when the soap's longest-serving character, Ken Barlow, played by"
"Jamie Baldwin Jamie Baldwin is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, ""Coronation Street"", played by Rupert Hill. He first appeared in 2004 and left in 2008. Shortly after his arrival in Weatherfield, Jamie began dating Leanne Battersby. He left her briefly for her enemy Maria Sutherland, but eventually reconciled with Leanne again. She then embarked on an affair with his father, Danny. When this was revealed, Jamie broke up with Leanne and disowned Danny. Jamie's mother, Carol, came to Weatherfield and stayed with Jamie and Frankie, who had thrown Danny out because of his affair with Leanne."
"Gillian Wright Gillian Wright (born 5 May 1960) is an English actress who is best known for portraying the role of Jean Slater on the long-running BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"" since 2004. She is a graduate in drama, English and dance, and was a teacher and theatre director before occupying acting roles. Wright was originally signed for one episode on ""EastEnders"" in December 2004, but bosses brought her back into the show a year later for four more episodes. After guest starring in two episodes of rival soap opera ""Coronation Street"", she then returned to ""EastEnders"" on a recurring basis"
"marrying in 1975. Between the two, they have four children, Alexander's son Jace and Sherin's three sons, Tony, Geoffrey, and Jon. Jane Alexander Jane Alexander (born October 28, 1939) is an American author, actress, and former director of the National Endowment for the Arts. She is a Tony Award winner and two-time Emmy Award winner. Alexander made her Broadway debut in 1968 in ""The Great White Hope"" and won the 1969 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play. Other Broadway credits include, ""6 Rms Riv Vu"" (1972), ""The Night of the Iguana"" (1988), ""The Sisters Rosensweig"" (1993) and"
"attack, and then on 30 October 1975 suffered a stroke which left him with a speech difficulty, though speech therapy eradicated some of this. The writers brought in Geoffrey Hughes as a lodger for Stan and Hilda (Jean Alexander) to reduce Youens's dialogue, and therefore Youens was able to continue as a regular character until a few months before his death. His final ever on-screen ""Coronation Street"" appearance was on 7 March 1984, although it was thought at this stage that he would appear again. Having suffered most of his later life with severe arthritis in the neck and knees,"
"the show's history. In 2005 the UK ""TV Times"" poll voted her as the ""Greatest Soap Opera Star of All Time"". On 6 December 2010, Alexander spoke by telephone to ITV's ""This Morning"" to discuss her time on ""Coronation Street"" on the day of the drama's 50th anniversary episode. In 1988, Alexander made a guest appearance in the long-running BBC comedy series ""Last of the Summer Wine"" as Auntie Wainwright, the money-grabbing local junk shop owner. She returned for a second guest appearance in 1989, and finally became a series regular in 1992, remaining until the end of the series"
"""Street"" siren Elsie Tanner) advised her to get some more training. It was at that time she joined Oldham's Repertory Theatre. Goodyear returned in 1970 and remained with the series for 25 years. In the 1970s, Bet was known for shocking landlady Annie Walker (Doris Speed) by wearing provocative clothing, but by the 1980s, her character became synonymous with outrageous leopard prints and a bleached-blonde beehive hairdo. She quit ""Coronation Street"" in 1995, shortly after winning the ""Lifetime Achievement Award"" for her role as Bet Lynch in the first ever National Television Awards. She returned to the role of Bet"
"of Coronation Street actress Jean Alexander who played Hilda Ogden for nearly 25 years. Trevor Beattie Trevor Beattie (born 24 December 1959) is a British advertising executive. He is a founding partner, chairman and creative director of Beattie McGuinness Bungay (BMB), and was formerly the chairman and creative director of TBWA London. Considered one of the leading figures in advertising in Britain, Beattie has been responsible for a number of high-profile and sometimes controversial advertising campaigns, most notably the ""fcuk"" campaign for French Connection and the 1994 Playtex Wonderbra campaign featuring Eva Herzigová. He has managed campaigns for the Labour"
"Anne Reid Anne Reid, MBE (born 28 May 1935) is an English stage, film and television actress, known for her roles as Valerie Barlow in the soap opera ""Coronation Street"" (1961–71); Jean in the sitcom ""Dinnerladies"" (1998–2000); and her BAFTA-nominated role as Celia Dawson in ""Last Tango in Halifax"" (2012–2016). She won the London Film Critics Circle Award for British Actress of the Year for the film ""The Mother"" (2003). Reid was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, the daughter of Colin Norman Reid (1896–1979) and Annie Eliza Weetman/Reid (1896-c.1980). She lived with her parents and three older brothers in Redcar,"
"Jane Alexander Jane Alexander (born October 28, 1939) is an American author, actress, and former director of the National Endowment for the Arts. She is a Tony Award winner and two-time Emmy Award winner. Alexander made her Broadway debut in 1968 in ""The Great White Hope"" and won the 1969 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play. Other Broadway credits include, ""6 Rms Riv Vu"" (1972), ""The Night of the Iguana"" (1988), ""The Sisters Rosensweig"" (1993) and ""Honour"" (1998). She has received a total of seven Tony Award nominations and was inducted into the American Theater Hall of"
"of episodes. Brown was nominated in the Best Actress category at the 2009 British Academy Television Awards for her performance in the episode, becoming the first soap actress nominated in the category since 1988, when Jean Alexander was shortlisted for her role as Hilda Ogden in ""Coronation Street"". According to author Pauline Frommer, Dot has been embraced by the viewing British population as a cultural archetype. Brown has suggested that Dot has universal appeal because everybody knows a person like Dot. In 2009, a poll by magazine ""Inside Soap"" named Dot as the UK's 'greatest gossip' in a soap opera."
"it. She wants it to be a cut above everything else."" Gary Gillatt of ""Inside Soap"" praised Jenny's return in 2015, saying ""We're very taken with Jenny Bradley, who returned to the Street last week all cool and confident, and a bit sexy. Extend her short-term contract right now, Corrie!"" Jenny Bradley Jenny Connor (also Bradley) is a fictional character from the British soap opera ""Coronation Street"", played by Sally Ann Matthews. She made her first appearance on-screen on 6 January 1986. Originally fostered by Rita Fairclough (Barbara Knox), she has been featured in storylines including her troubled relationship with"
"Stan Ogden Stan Ogden is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, ""Coronation Street"", played by Bernard Youens. He debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 29 June 1964 and remained for twenty years until his death on 21 November 1984. Stan was introduced by executive producer H. V. Kershaw. He has been portrayed as a well loved layabout and many of his storylines centred on his marriage to Hilda Ogden (Jean Alexander). Hilda and Stan met in 1943, when Hilda fell over an inebriated Stan in the blackout. Six days later, they married. The morning after they"
"Adrienne Corri Adrienne Corri (13 November 1930 – 13 March 2016) was a Scottish-Italian actress. She was born Adrienne Riccoboni in Glasgow, the daughter of Olive Smethurst and an Italian father Luigi Riccoboni (sometimes spelt Reccobini). Her distinctive auburn hair came from her mother’s Lancastrian Mancunian Smethurst family. In the 1930s, her father Luigi (known as Louis) ran the Crown Hotel in Callander, Perthshire. She had one brother. Despite having significant roles in many films, Corri is best known for one of her smaller parts, that of Mrs. Alexander, the wife of the writer Frank Alexander, in Stanley Kubrick‘s dystopian"
"in 2010. Her film credits include ""Scandal"" (1989) and ""Willie's War"" (1994). Alexander voiced Mrs Santa in the Robbie the Reindeer film ""Hooves of Fire"" (1999), and also appeared in ""Boon"" and as Lily in the children's series ""The Phoenix and the Carpet"". She starred with Patricia Hodge and Lionel Jeffries in the comedy series ""Rich Tea and Sympathy"", and appeared in the quiz show ""Cluedo"". Later, she appeared in ""Barbara"", ""Heartbeat"", ""Where the Heart Is"" and ""The Afternoon Play"". Alexander never married, stating that she put her acting career first. She was a close friend of her ""Coronation Street"""
"Reid returned to the West End opposite Eve Best in Oscar Wilde's ""A Woman of No Importance"" at the Vaudeville Theatre. Anne Reid Anne Reid, MBE (born 28 May 1935) is an English stage, film and television actress, known for her roles as Valerie Barlow in the soap opera ""Coronation Street"" (1961–71); Jean in the sitcom ""Dinnerladies"" (1998–2000); and her BAFTA-nominated role as Celia Dawson in ""Last Tango in Halifax"" (2012–2016). She won the London Film Critics Circle Award for British Actress of the Year for the film ""The Mother"" (2003). Reid was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, the daughter"
"Karen McDonald Karen McDonald (also Phillips) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, ""Coronation Street"", played by Suranne Jones. Karen was created by producer Jane Macnaught as a recurring character and one of the factory girls. She made her debut in the episode airing on 21 June 2000. On 13 May 2004, Jones announced her decision to leave the soap and her final scenes were broadcast on 26 December 2004. Karen's storylines have focused on her number of boyfriends including, Vikram Desai (Chris Bisson) and Joe Carter (Jonathan Wrather), also her relationship with Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson)"