Jean Anderson

Jean Anderson

1907-12-12 – 2001-04-01 (age 93) Eastbourne, Sussex, England
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Biography

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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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Known For

Solomon and Sheba
Solomon and Sheba

1959

as Takyan

A Night to Remember
A Night to Remember

1958

as Stuffy Lady in Lifeboat (uncredited)

The Lady Vanishes
The Lady Vanishes

1979

as Baroness

The Road Builder
The Road Builder

1971

as Mrs. Millicent McMurtrey

Lucky Jim
Lucky Jim

1957

as Mrs. Welch

A Town Like Alice
A Town Like Alice

1956

as Miss Horsefall

Simon Magus
Simon Magus

1999

as Roise

The Black Velvet Gown
The Black Velvet Gown

1991

as Madame Gallmington

Lease of Life
Lease of Life

1954

as Miss Calthorp

Diana: Her True Story
Diana: Her True Story

1993

as Lady Fermoy

The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams
The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams

1986

as Mrs Langton-Jones

Run a Crooked Mile
Run a Crooked Mile

1969

as Sister Teresa

The Three Lives of Thomasina
The Three Lives of Thomasina

1963

as Mrs. MacKenzie

Back Home
Back Home

1989

as Grandmother Dickinson

The Whipping Boy
The Whipping Boy

1994

as Queen Mum

High Treason
High Treason

1951

as Woman in street (uncredited)

Time Bomb
The Kidnappers
The Kidnappers

1953

as Grandma MacKenzie

Waltz of the Toreadors
Leon the Pig Farmer
Leon the Pig Farmer

1993

as Mrs Samuels