About

Known credits:
58
Birthday:
1907-12-12
Place of birth:
Eastbourne, Sussex, England
Website:
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Jean Anderson

Overview

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.

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Known for

Acting
2000 Endgame Actor Nell 59
Average
1999 Simon Magus Actor Roise 59
Average
1997 The Uninvited Actor N/A
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1997 Rebecca Actor Grandma 67
Fair
1994 The Whipping Boy Actor Queen Mum 58
Average
1993 Diana: Her True Story Actor Lady Fermoy 58
Average
1993 Leon The Pig Farmer Actor Mrs Samuels 58
Average
1992 The Bogie Man Actor Mrs Napier 59
Average
1991 G.B.H. Actor Dr Goldup 68
Fair
1991 The Black Velvet Gown Actor Madame Gallmington 58
Average
1991 Do Not Disturb Actor Lady Ann N/A
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1990 O.M. Actor Lady Crewe N/A
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1990 Survival of the Fittest Actor Molly Cowper N/A
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1990 Circles Of Deceit Actor Dowager N/A
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1989 Back Home Actor Grandmother Dickinson 58
Average
1987 Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder Actor Mrs. Fane 70
Good
1983 Screamtime Actor Mildred Hurley 58
Average
1981 Tenko Actor Lady Jocelyn 'Joss' Holbrook 71
Good
1979 The Lady Vanishes Actor Baroness 59
Average
1973 Dear Parents Actor 59
Average
1972 The Brothers Actor 69
Fair
1971 Father's Help Actor Mrs. Harrogate N/A
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1971 Fathers and Sons Actor N/A
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1971 The Road Builder Actor Mrs. Millicent McMurtrey 59
Average
1970 Brotherly Love Actor Matron 59
Average
1969 Run a Crooked Mile Actor Sister Teresa 58
Average
1967 Half a Sixpence Actor Lady Botting 58
Average
1963 The Silent Playground Actor Mrs. Lacey 58
Average
1963 The Three Lives of Thomasina Actor Mrs. MacKenzie 59
Average
1963 Lorna Doone Actor 69
Fair
1962 The Inspector Actor Mrs. Jongman 59
Average
1962 Wuthering Heights Actor Ellen 59
Average
1962 Waltz of the Toreadors Actor Agnes 58
Average
1961 Spare the Rod Actor Mrs. Pond 59
Average
1959 Solomon and Sheba Actor Takyan 59
Average
1959 SOS Pacific Actor Miss Shaw 59
Average
1958 A Night to Remember Actor Stuffy Lady in Lifeboat (uncredited) 64
Fair
1958 Heart of a Child Actor Maria 59
Average
1957 Lucky Jim Actor Mrs. Welch 58
Average
1957 Robbery Under Arms Actor Ma Marston 58
Average
1956 A Town Like Alice Actor Miss Horsefall 59
Average
1956 Laughing in the Sunshine Actor N/A
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1954 Lease of Life Actor Miss Calthorp 59
Average
1954 The Weak and the Wicked Actor Policewoman in Court 58
Average
1953 The Kidnappers Actor Grandma MacKenzie 59
Average
1953 The Pleasure Garden Actor Aunt Minerva 58
Average
1953 Johnny on the Run Actor Mrs. MacIntyre 59
Average
1953 Street Corner Actor Miss Haversham - Store Detective 58
Average
1953 Time Bomb Actor 58
Average
1952 The Brave Don't Cry Actor Mrs. Sloan 59
Average
1951 Life in Her Hands Actor Night Sister N/A
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1951 The Franchise Affair Actor Miss Tuff 59
Average
1951 The Railway Children Actor N/A
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1951 White Corridors Actor Sister Gater 58
Average
1951 Out of True Actor Dr. Bell N/A
N/A
1949 Naughty Arlette Actor Miss Sankey 58
Average
1948 Elizabeth of Ladymead Actor 59
Average
1948 Bond Street Actor Dress Shop Assistant 59
Average