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Jean Anderson

Jean Anderson

Born: 1907-12-12 • Eastbourne, Sussex, England

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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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Filmography
Endgame poster
Endgame
2000 • Nell
Simon Magus poster
Simon Magus
1999 • Roise
The Whipping Boy poster
The Whipping Boy
1994 • Queen Mum
Diana: Her True Story poster
Diana: Her True Story
1993 • Lady Fermoy
Leon the Pig Farmer poster
Leon the Pig Farmer
1993 • Mrs Samuels
The Bogie Man poster
The Bogie Man
1992 • Mrs Napier
The Black Velvet Gown poster
The Black Velvet Gown
1991 • Madame Gallmington
No Image
Do Not Disturb
1991 • Lady Ann
O.M. poster
O.M.
1990 • Lady Crewe
Survival of the Fittest poster
Survival of the Fittest
1990 • Molly Cowper
Circles Of Deceit poster
Circles Of Deceit
1990 • Dowager
Back Home poster
Back Home
1989 • Grandmother Dickinson
The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams poster
The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams
1986 • Mrs Langton-Jones
Paris poster
Paris
1985 • Miss McLeod
Screamtime poster
Screamtime
1983 • Mildred Hurley
The Lady Vanishes poster
The Lady Vanishes
1979 • Baroness
Dear Parents poster
Dear Parents
1973
No Image
Father's Help
1971 • Mrs. Harrogate
The Road Builder poster
The Road Builder
1971 • Mrs. Millicent McMurtrey
Brotherly Love poster
Brotherly Love
1970 • Matron
Run a Crooked Mile poster
Run a Crooked Mile
1969 • Sister Teresa
Half a Sixpence poster
Half a Sixpence
1967 • Lady Botting
The Silent Playground poster
The Silent Playground
1963 • Mrs. Lacey
The Three Lives of Thomasina poster
The Three Lives of Thomasina
1963 • Mrs. MacKenzie
The Inspector poster
The Inspector
1962 • Mrs. Jongman
Wuthering Heights poster
Wuthering Heights
1962 • Ellen
Waltz of the Toreadors poster
Waltz of the Toreadors
1962 • Agnes
Spare the Rod poster
Spare the Rod
1961 • Mrs. Pond
Solomon and Sheba poster
Solomon and Sheba
1959 • Takyan
SOS Pacific poster
SOS Pacific
1959 • Miss Shaw
A Night to Remember poster
A Night to Remember
1958 • Stuffy Lady in Lifeboat (uncredited)
Heart of a Child poster
Heart of a Child
1958 • Maria
Lucky Jim poster
Lucky Jim
1957 • Mrs. Welch
Robbery Under Arms poster
Robbery Under Arms
1957 • Ma Marston
A Town Like Alice poster
A Town Like Alice
1956 • Miss Horsefall
Laughing in the Sunshine poster
Laughing in the Sunshine
1956
Lease of Life poster
Lease of Life
1954 • Miss Calthorp
The Weak and the Wicked poster
The Weak and the Wicked
1954 • Policewoman in Court
The Kidnappers poster
The Kidnappers
1953 • Grandma MacKenzie
The Pleasure Garden poster
The Pleasure Garden
1953 • Aunt Minerva
Johnny on the Run poster
Johnny on the Run
1953 • Mrs. MacIntyre
Street Corner poster
Street Corner
1953 • Miss Haversham - Store Detective
Time Bomb poster
Time Bomb
1953
The Brave Don't Cry poster
The Brave Don't Cry
1952 • Mrs. Sloan
High Treason poster
High Treason
1951 • Woman in street (uncredited)
Life in Her Hands poster
Life in Her Hands
1951 • Night Sister
The Franchise Affair poster
The Franchise Affair
1951 • Miss Tuff
White Corridors poster
White Corridors
1951 • Sister Gater
No Image
Out of True
1951 • Dr. Bell
The Romantic Age poster
The Romantic Age
1949 • Miss Sankey
Elizabeth of Ladymead poster
Elizabeth of Ladymead
1948
Bond Street poster
Bond Street
1948 • Dress Shop Assistant