Place of Birth: Eastbourne, Sussex, England
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.
Movie | Cast | Year |
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The Lady Vanishes | Baroness | 1979 |
Naughty Arlette | Miss Sankey | 1949 |
The Black Velvet Gown | Madame Gallmington | 1991 |
The Three Lives of Thomasina | Mrs. MacKenzie | 1963 |
Survival of the Fittest | Molly Cowper | 1990 |
The Kidnappers | Grandma MacKenzie | 1953 |
O.M. | Lady Crewe | 1990 |
The Road Builder | Mrs. Millicent McMurtrey | 1971 |
A Town Like Alice | Miss Horsefall | 1956 |
A Night to Remember | Stuffy Lady in Lifeboat (uncredited) | 1958 |
Out of True | Dr. Bell | 1951 |
Elizabeth of Ladymead | 1948 | |
Back Home | Grandmother Dickinson | 1989 |
Circles Of Deceit | Dowager | 1990 |
Lucky Jim | Mrs. Welch | 1957 |
Endgame | Nell | 2000 |
The Silent Playground | Mrs. Lacey | 1963 |
Run a Crooked Mile | Sister Teresa | 1969 |
The Pleasure Garden | Aunt Minerva | 1953 |
Brotherly Love | Matron | 1970 |
Father's Help | Mrs. Harrogate | 1971 |
Laughing in the Sunshine | 1956 | |
The Franchise Affair | Miss Tuff | 1951 |
Lease of Life | Miss Calthorp | 1954 |
Robbery Under Arms | Ma Marston | 1957 |
The Whipping Boy | Queen Mum | 1994 |
The Brave Don't Cry | Mrs. Sloan | 1952 |
Dear Parents | 1973 | |
The Bogie Man | Mrs Napier | 1992 |
Diana: Her True Story | Lady Fermoy | 1993 |
Do Not Disturb | Lady Ann | 1991 |
Life in Her Hands | Night Sister | 1951 |
Street Corner | Miss Haversham - Store Detective | 1953 |
Simon Magus | Roise | 1999 |
The Weak and the Wicked | Policewoman in Court | 1954 |
Screamtime | Mildred Hurley | 1983 |
Leon The Pig Farmer | Mrs Samuels | 1993 |
SOS Pacific | Miss Shaw | 1959 |
Bond Street | Dress Shop Assistant | 1948 |
Spare the Rod | Mrs. Pond | 1961 |
Johnny on the Run | Mrs. MacIntyre | 1953 |
Heart of a Child | Maria | 1958 |
Half a Sixpence | Lady Botting | 1967 |
Wuthering Heights | Ellen | 1962 |
Solomon and Sheba | Takyan | 1959 |
The Inspector | Mrs. Jongman | 1962 |
White Corridors | Sister Gater | 1951 |
Waltz of the Toreadors | Agnes | 1962 |
Time Bomb | 1953 | Series | Cast | Year |
Keeping Up Appearances | Mrs. Fortescue | 1990 |
Q.E.D. | 1982 | |
The Uninvited | 1997 | |
Tenko | Lady Jocelyn 'Joss' Holbrook | 1981 |
Heartbeat | Victoria Wainwright | 1992 |
Inspector Morse | Lady Hinksey | 1987 |
Interpol Calling | Nun | 1959 |
No Hiding Place | 1959 | |
Codename | Penelope Blanshard | 1970 |
Dr. Finlay's Casebook | Lady Mary McDowell | 1962 |
Lorna Doone | 1963 | |
The Brothers | 1972 | |
Maigret | Madame Gallet | 1960 |
The Railway Children | 1951 | |
Fathers and Sons | 1971 | |
Keeping Mum | Norma | 1997 |
Rebecca | Grandma | 1997 |
The House of Eliott | Mrs. Spenser-Ewell | 1991 |
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates | Alice Marsden | 1996 |
Campion | Belle Lafcadio | 1989 |
Doctor Finlay | Mrs. Stirling | 1993 |
Casualty | Rosie Collier | 1986 |
Casualty | Jessie Baine | 1986 |
Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder | Mrs. Fane | 1987 |
G.B.H. | Dr Goldup | 1991 |
Miss Marple | Mrs. Fane | 1984 |
Suspense | Miss Reid | 1962 |
This Is Your Life | Self | 1955 |