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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean Anderson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Baroness
The Lady Vanishes
Miss Sankey
The Romantic Age
Madame Gallmington
The Black Velvet Gown
Mrs. MacKenzie
The Three Lives of Thomasina
Molly Cowper
Survival of the Fittest
Grandma MacKenzie
The Kidnappers
Lady Crewe
O.M.
Mrs. Millicent McMurtrey
The Road Builder
Miss Horsefall
A Town Like Alice
Stuffy Lady in Lifeboat (uncredited)
A Night to Remember
Dr. Bell
Out of True
Elizabeth of Ladymead
Grandmother Dickinson
Back Home
Dowager
Circles Of Deceit
Mrs. Welch
Lucky Jim
Nell
Endgame
Mrs. Lacey
The Silent Playground
Sister Teresa
Run a Crooked Mile
Aunt Minerva
The Pleasure Garden
Matron
Brotherly Love
Mrs. Harrogate
Father's Help
Ett kungligt äventyr
Miss Tuff
The Franchise Affair
Miss Calthorp
Lease of Life
Queen Mum
The Whipping Boy
Ma Marston
Robbery Under Arms
Mrs. Sloan
The Brave Don't Cry
Cari genitori
Mrs Napier
The Bogie Man
Lady Fermoy
Diana: Her True Story
Lady Ann
Do Not Disturb
Night Sister
Life in Her Hands
Miss Haversham - Store Detective
Street Corner
Roise
Simon Magus
Policewoman in Court
The Weak and the Wicked
Mildred Hurley
Screamtime
Mrs Samuels
Leon the Pig Farmer
Miss Shaw
SOS Pacific
Dress Shop Assistant
Bond Street
Mrs. Pond
Spare the Rod
Mrs. MacIntyre
Johnny on the Run
Maria
Heart of a Child
Lady Botting
Half a Sixpence
Ellen
Wuthering Heights
Takyan
Solomon and Sheba
Mrs. Jongman
The Inspector
Sister Gater
White Corridors
Agnes
Waltz of the Toreadors
Time Bomb
Mrs Langton-Jones
The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams
Miss McLeod
Paris
Woman in street (uncredited)
High Treason
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
52
Gender
Female
Birthday
1907-12-12
Place of Birth
Eastbourne, Sussex, England
Also Known As