Birthday: 1907-12-12
Deathday: 2001-04-01
Birthplace: Eastbourne, Sussex, England
Gender: Female
Owned By: Unowned
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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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Year | Title | Character | |
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2000-09-10 | Endgame | Nell | |
1999-02-17 | Simon Magus | Roise | |
1994-07-31 | The Whipping Boy | Queen Mum | |
1993-04-03 | Diana: Her True Story | Lady Fermoy | |
1993-02-26 | Leon The Pig Farmer | Mrs Samuels | |
1992-12-29 | The Bogie Man | Mrs Napier | |
1991-06-02 | The Black Velvet Gown | Madame Gallmington | |
1991-03-17 | Do Not Disturb | Lady Ann | |
1990-12-25 | O.M. | Lady Crewe | |
1990-10-21 | Survival of the Fittest | Molly Cowper | |
1990-04-11 | Circles Of Deceit | Dowager | |
1989-07-23 | Back Home | Grandmother Dickinson | |
1983-01-01 | Screamtime | Mildred Hurley | |
1979-04-30 | The Lady Vanishes | Baroness | |
1973-02-09 | Dear Parents | ||
1971-10-19 | Father's Help | Mrs. Harrogate | |
1971-02-25 | The Road Builder | Mrs. Millicent McMurtrey | |
1970-01-07 | Brotherly Love | Matron | |
1969-11-18 | Run a Crooked Mile | Sister Teresa | |
1967-12-21 | Half a Sixpence | Lady Botting | |
1963-12-31 | The Silent Playground | Mrs. Lacey | |
1963-12-11 | The Three Lives of Thomasina | Mrs. MacKenzie | |
1962-05-24 | The Inspector | Mrs. Jongman | |
1962-05-10 | Wuthering Heights | Ellen | |
1962-04-12 | Waltz of the Toreadors | Agnes | |
1961-05-23 | Spare the Rod | Mrs. Pond | |
1959-12-18 | Solomon and Sheba | Takyan | |
1959-10-14 | SOS Pacific | Miss Shaw | |
1958-07-03 | A Night to Remember | Stuffy Lady in Lifeboat (uncredited) | |
1958-04-30 | Heart of a Child | Maria | |
1957-09-17 | Lucky Jim | Mrs. Welch | |
1957-01-10 | Robbery Under Arms | Ma Marston | |
1956-03-01 | A Town Like Alice | Miss Horsefall | |
1956-01-02 | Laughing in the Sunshine | ||
1954-10-18 | Lease of Life | Miss Calthorp | |
1954-02-02 | The Weak and the Wicked | Policewoman in Court | |
1953-12-01 | The Kidnappers | Grandma MacKenzie | |
1953-10-16 | The Pleasure Garden | Aunt Minerva | |
1953-06-01 | Johnny on the Run | Mrs. MacIntyre | |
1953-03-17 | Street Corner | Miss Haversham - Store Detective | |
1953-02-05 | Time Bomb | ||
1952-08-01 | The Brave Don't Cry | Mrs. Sloan | |
1951-06-01 | Life in Her Hands | Night Sister | |
1951-02-19 | The Franchise Affair | Miss Tuff | |
1951-01-12 | White Corridors | Sister Gater | |
1951-01-01 | Out of True | Dr. Bell | |
1949-11-29 | Naughty Arlette | Miss Sankey | |
1948-12-22 | Elizabeth of Ladymead | ||
1948-05-12 | Bond Street | Dress Shop Assistant |