Jean Anderson
Known for Acting · 94 credits
- Born
- 1907-12-12
- Died
- 2001-04-01
- Place of birth
- Eastbourne, Sussex, England
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
TV Shows (41)
Casualty
1986
as Rosie Collier / Jessie Baine
Heartbeat
1992
as Victoria Wainwright
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Miss Ramsden
Screen Two
1985
as Dowager
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Mrs. Grant
This Is Your Life
1955
as Self
Inspector Morse
1987
as Lady Hinksey
No Hiding Place
1959
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1962
as Lady Mary McDowell / Mrs. Gordon
Maigret
1960
as Madame Gallet
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
1996
as Alice Marsden
Keeping Up Appearances
1990
as Mrs. Fortescue
The House of Eliott
1991
as Mrs. Spenser-Ewell
Interpol Calling
1959
as Nun
Screen One
1989
as Molly Cowper
Tenko
1981
as Lady Jocelyn 'Joss' Holbrook
The Brothers
1972
as Mary Hammond
Thursday Theatre
1964
as Monica Pleydon MP
Campion
1989
as Belle Lafcadio
Armchair Mystery Theatre
1960
as Meg
Doctor Finlay
1993
as Mrs. Stirling
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
1967
as Ada Grey
The Odd Man
1960
as Miss Twilight
G.B.H.
1991
as Dr Goldup
Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder
1987
as Mrs. Fane
Tonight at 8.30
1991
as Aunt Martha
Codename
1970
as Penelope Blanshard
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Mrs. Bell / Nanny / Mrs. Harrogate
Rebecca
1997
as Grandma
Q.E.D.
1982
as Lady Euphemia Martin
St. Ives
1967
as Miss Gilchrist
Late Night Horror
1968
as Mrs. Redvale
Little Women
1970
as Aunt Josephine March
Keeping Mum
1997
as Norma
A Chance to Sit Down
1981
as Dolly
Moonacre
1994
as Miss Heliotrope
Scoop
1972
as Great Aunt Anne
The Railway Children
1951
The Uninvited
1997
Lorna Doone
1963
Fathers and Sons
1971
as Princess Natasha
Movies (53)
Solomon and Sheba
1959
as Takyan
Brotherly Love
1970
as Matron
A Night to Remember
1958
as Stuffy Lady in Lifeboat (uncredited)
Back Home
1989
as Grandmother Dickinson
The Lady Vanishes
1979
as Baroness
The Whipping Boy
1994
as Queen Mum
Lucky Jim
1957
as Mrs. Welch
Dear Parents
1973
The Black Velvet Gown
1991
as Madame Gallmington
The Pleasure Garden
1953
as Aunt Minerva
Leon the Pig Farmer
1993
as Mrs Samuels
Do Not Disturb
1991
as Lady Ann
A Town Like Alice
1956
as Miss Horsefall
The Road Builder
1971
as Mrs. Millicent McMurtrey
The Inspector
1962
as Mrs. Jongman
The Three Lives of Thomasina
1963
as Mrs. MacKenzie
Wuthering Heights
1962
as Ellen
SOS Pacific
1959
as Miss Shaw
Bond Street
1948
as Dress Shop Assistant
Diana: Her True Story
1993
as Lady Fermoy
The Weak and the Wicked
1954
as Policewoman in Court
The Triumph of Death
1968
as Mrs. Redvale
Robbery Under Arms
1957
as Ma Marston
The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams
1986
as Mrs Langton-Jones
Johnny on the Run
1953
as Mrs. MacIntyre
The Franchise Affair
1951
as Miss Tuff
Heart of a Child
1958
as Maria
Waltz of the Toreadors
1962
as Agnes
Street Corner
1953
as Miss Haversham - Store Detective
Simon Magus
1999
as Roise
Run a Crooked Mile
1969
as Sister Teresa
Half a Sixpence
1967
as Lady Botting
Time Bomb
1953
Spare the Rod
1961
as Mrs. Pond
The Bogie Man
1992
as Mrs Napier
High Treason
1951
as Woman in street (uncredited)
Screamtime
1983
as Mildred Hurley
Elizabeth of Ladymead
1948
The Brave Don't Cry
1952
as Mrs. Sloan
The Kidnappers
1953
as Grandma MacKenzie
White Corridors
1951
as Sister Gater
Lease of Life
1954
as Miss Calthorp
Survival of the Fittest
1990
as Molly Cowper
The Silent Playground
1963
as Mrs. Lacey
The Romantic Age
1949
as Miss Sankey
Father's Help
1971
as Mrs. Harrogate
Endgame
2000
as Nell
Circles Of Deceit
1990
as Dowager
Paris
1985
as Miss McLeod
Laughing in the Sunshine
1956
Out of True
1951
as Dr. Bell
Life in Her Hands
1951
as Night Sister
O.M.
1990
as Lady Crewe
About Jean Anderson
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… With 94 credits spanning from 1948 to 2000, Jean Anderson has appeared in 53 films and 41 TV shows.
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- Solomon and Sheba (1959) — as Takyan
- Brotherly Love (1970) — as Matron
- A Night to Remember (1958) — as Stuffy Lady in Lifeboat (uncredited)
- Back Home (1989) — as Grandmother Dickinson
- The Lady Vanishes (1979) — as Baroness
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