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)

Brotherly Love
Brotherly Love

1970

as Matron

The Whipping Boy
The Whipping Boy

1994

as Queen Mum

The Lady Vanishes
The Lady Vanishes

1979

as Baroness

The Inspector
The Inspector

1962

as Mrs. Jongman

Endgame
Endgame

2000

as Nell

O.M.
O.M.

1990

as Lady Crewe

Lease of Life
Lease of Life

1954

as Miss Calthorp

The Black Velvet Gown
The Black Velvet Gown

1991

as Madame Gallmington

The Franchise Affair
The Franchise Affair

1951

as Miss Tuff

High Treason
High Treason

1951

as Woman in street (uncredited)

Simon Magus
Simon Magus

1999

as Roise

Half a Sixpence
Half a Sixpence

1967

as Lady Botting

Time Bomb
Leon the Pig Farmer
Leon the Pig Farmer

1993

as Mrs Samuels

The Silent Playground
The Silent Playground

1963

as Mrs. Lacey

The Weak and the Wicked
The Weak and the Wicked

1954

as Policewoman in Court

The Bogie Man
The Bogie Man

1992

as Mrs Napier

Run a Crooked Mile
Run a Crooked Mile

1969

as Sister Teresa