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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
December 12, 1907
Place of Birth:
Eastbourne, Sussex, England
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Jean Anderson
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Jean Anderson (12 December 1907 – 1 April 2001) was an English actress born in Eastbourne, Sussex. She is best remembered for her television roles as hard-faced matriarch Mary Hammond in the 1970s BBC drama The Brothers and as rebellious aristocrat Lady Jocelyn "Joss" Holbrook in the 1980s Second World War series Tenko .
She is also notable for playing the role of the Mother in The Railway Children in two separate BBC adaptations in 1951 and 1957.
Other TV credits include: Police Surgeon, Maigret, The Odd Man, The Man in Room 17, The Borderers, Paul Temple, Codename, Oil Strike North, Miss Marple, Inspector Morse, Keeping Up Appearances and Hetty Wainthropp Investigates.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Endgame | Nell |
| 1999 | Simon Magus | Roise |
| 1994 | The Whipping Boy | Queen Mum |
| 1993 | Diana: Her True Story | Lady Fermoy |
| 1993 | Leon the Pig Farmer | Mrs Samuels |
| 1992 | The Bogie Man | Mrs Napier |
| 1991 | The Black Velvet Gown | Madame Gallmington |
| 1991 | Do Not Disturb | Lady Ann |
| 1990 | Survival of the Fittest | Molly Cowper |
| 1990 | O.M. | Lady Crewe |
| 1990 | Circles Of Deceit | Dowager |
| 1989 | Back Home | Grandmother Dickinson |
| 1983 | Screamtime | Mildred Hurley |
| 1979 | The Lady Vanishes | Baroness |
| 1973 | Dear Parents | |
| 1971 | The Road Builder | Mrs. Millicent McMurtrey |
| 1971 | Father's Help | Mrs. Harrogate |
| 1970 | Brotherly Love | Matron |
| 1969 | Run a Crooked Mile | Sister Teresa |
| 1967 | Half a Sixpence | Lady Botting |
| 1963 | The Three Lives of Thomasina | Mrs. MacKenzie |
| 1963 | The Silent Playground | Mrs. Lacey |
| 1962 | Wuthering Heights | Ellen |
| 1962 | The Inspector | Mrs. Jongman |
| 1962 | Waltz of the Toreadors | Agnes |
| 1961 | Spare the Rod | Mrs. Pond |
| 1959 | SOS Pacific | Miss Shaw |
| 1959 | Solomon and Sheba | Takyan |
| 1958 | A Night to Remember | Stuffy Lady in Lifeboat (uncredited) |
| 1958 | Heart of a Child | Maria |
| 1957 | Lucky Jim | Mrs. Welch |
| 1957 | Robbery Under Arms | Ma Marston |
| 1956 | A Town Like Alice | Miss Horsefall |
| 1956 | Laughing in the Sunshine | |
| 1954 | Lease of Life | Miss Calthorp |
| 1954 | The Weak and the Wicked | Policewoman in Court |
| 1953 | The Kidnappers | Grandma MacKenzie |
| 1953 | The Pleasure Garden | Aunt Minerva |
| 1953 | Street Corner | Miss Haversham - Store Detective |
| 1953 | Johnny on the Run | Mrs. MacIntyre |
| 1953 | Time Bomb | |
| 1952 | The Brave Don't Cry | Mrs. Sloan |
| 1951 | Out of True | Dr. Bell |
| 1951 | The Franchise Affair | Miss Tuff |
| 1951 | Life in Her Hands | Night Sister |
| 1951 | White Corridors | Sister Gater |
| 1949 | The Romantic Age | Miss Sankey |
| 1948 | Elizabeth of Ladymead | |
| 1948 | Bond Street | Dress Shop Assistant |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | The Uninvited | |
| 1997 | Keeping Mum | Norma |
| 1997 | Rebecca | Grandma |
| 1996 | Hetty Wainthropp Investigates | Alice Marsden |
| 1993 | Doctor Finlay | Mrs. Stirling |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | Victoria Wainwright |
| 1991 | The House of Eliott | Mrs. Spenser-Ewell |
| 1991 | G.B.H. | Dr Goldup |
| 1990 | Keeping Up Appearances | Mrs. Fortescue |
| 1989 | Campion | Belle Lafcadio |
| 1987 | Inspector Morse | Lady Hinksey |
| 1987 | Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder | Mrs. Fane |
| 1986 | Casualty | Rosie Collier |
| 1986 | Casualty | Jessie Baine |
| 1982 | Q.E.D. | |
| 1981 | Tenko | Lady Jocelyn 'Joss' Holbrook |
| 1972 | The Brothers | |
| 1971 | Fathers and Sons | |
| 1970 | Codename | Penelope Blanshard |
| 1963 | Lorna Doone | |
| 1962 | Dr. Finlay's Casebook | Lady Mary McDowell |
| 1962 | Suspense | Miss Reid |
| 1960 | Maigret | Madame Gallet |
| 1959 | Interpol Calling | Nun |
| 1959 | No Hiding Place | |
| 1955 | This Is Your Life | Self |
| 1951 | The Railway Children |