Jean Anderson

Known For: Acting
Born: December 12, 1907
Place of Birth: Eastbourne, Sussex, England
Died: April 1, 2001

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 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.

Filmography

Endgame

2000 · Nell

Simon Magus

1999 · Roise

The Uninvited

1997

Keeping Mum

1997 · Norma

Rebecca

1997 · Grandma

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

1996 · Alice Marsden

The Whipping Boy

1994 · Queen Mum

Moonacre

1994 · Miss Heliotrope

Doctor Finlay

1993 · Mrs. Stirling

Diana: Her True Story

1993 · Lady Fermoy

Leon the Pig Farmer

1993 · Mrs Samuels

The Bogie Man

1992 · Mrs Napier

Heartbeat

1992 · Victoria Wainwright

The House of Eliott

1991 · Mrs. Spenser-Ewell

G.B.H.

1991 · Dr Goldup

The Black Velvet Gown

1991 · Madame Gallmington

Do Not Disturb

1991 · Lady Ann

O.M.

1990 · Lady Crewe

Keeping Up Appearances

1990 · Mrs. Fortescue

Survival of the Fittest

1990 · Molly Cowper

Circles Of Deceit

1990 · Dowager

Screen One

1989 · Molly Cowper

Back Home

1989 · Grandmother Dickinson

Campion

1989 · Belle Lafcadio

Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder

1987 · Mrs. Fane

Inspector Morse

1987 · Lady Hinksey

The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams

1986 · Mrs Langton-Jones

Casualty

1986 · Rosie Collier, Jessie Baine

Paris

1985 · Miss McLeod

Screen Two

1985 · Dowager

Screamtime

1983 · Mildred Hurley

Q.E.D.

1982 · Lady Euphemia Martin

Tenko

1981 · Lady Jocelyn 'Joss' Holbrook

A Chance to Sit Down

A Chance to Sit Down

1981 · Dolly

The Lady Vanishes

1979 · Baroness

Dear Parents

1973

Scoop

1972 · Great Aunt Anne

The Brothers

1972 · Mary Hammond

Father's Help

1971 · Mrs. Harrogate

Fathers and Sons

1971 · Princess Natasha

The Road Builder

1971 · Mrs. Millicent McMurtrey

Little Women

1970 · Aunt Josephine March

Codename

1970 · Penelope Blanshard

Brotherly Love

1970 · Matron

Run a Crooked Mile

1969 · Sister Teresa

The Triumph of Death

1968 · Mrs. Redvale

Late Night Horror

1968 · Mrs. Redvale

Half a Sixpence

1967 · Lady Botting

St. Ives

1967 · Miss Gilchrist

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

1967 · Ada Grey

BBC Play of the Month

1965 · Miss Ramsden

Thursday Theatre

Thursday Theatre

1964 · Monica Pleydon MP

The Wednesday Play

1964 · Mrs. Grant

The Silent Playground

1963 · Mrs. Lacey

The Three Lives of Thomasina

1963 · Mrs. MacKenzie

Lorna Doone

1963

Dr. Finlay's Casebook

1962 · Lady Mary McDowell, Mrs. Gordon

The Inspector

1962 · Mrs. Jongman

Wuthering Heights

1962 · Ellen

Waltz of the Toreadors

1962 · Agnes

Spare the Rod

1961 · Mrs. Pond

Maigret

1960 · Madame Gallet

The Odd Man

1960 · Miss Twilight

Armchair Mystery Theatre

Armchair Mystery Theatre

1960 · Meg

Solomon and Sheba

1959 · Takyan

SOS Pacific

1959 · Miss Shaw

No Hiding Place

1959

Interpol Calling

1959 · Nun

A Night to Remember

1958 · Stuffy Lady in Lifeboat (uncredited)

Heart of a Child

1958 · Maria

Lucky Jim

1957 · Mrs. Welch

Robbery Under Arms

1957 · Ma Marston

Armchair Theatre

1956 · Mrs. Bell, Nanny, Mrs. Harrogate

A Town Like Alice

1956 · Miss Horsefall

Laughing in the Sunshine

Laughing in the Sunshine

1956

This Is Your Life

1955 · Self

Lease of Life

1954 · Miss Calthorp

The Weak and the Wicked

1954 · Policewoman in Court

The Kidnappers

1953 · Grandma MacKenzie

The Pleasure Garden

1953 · Aunt Minerva

Johnny on the Run

1953 · Mrs. MacIntyre

Street Corner

1953 · Miss Haversham - Store Detective

Time Bomb

1953

The Brave Don't Cry

1952 · Mrs. Sloan

High Treason

1951 · Woman in street (uncredited)

Life in Her Hands

1951 · Night Sister

The Franchise Affair

1951 · Miss Tuff

The Railway Children

The Railway Children

1951

White Corridors

1951 · Sister Gater

Out of True

1951 · Dr. Bell

The Romantic Age

1949 · Miss Sankey

Elizabeth of Ladymead

1948

Bond Street

1948 · Dress Shop Assistant

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