Jean Anderson

Jean Anderson

1907-12-12 – 2001-04-01 (age 93) 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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Known For

A Night to Remember
A Night to Remember

1958

as Stuffy Lady in Lifeboat (uncredited)

Solomon and Sheba
Solomon and Sheba

1959

as Takyan

The Lady Vanishes
The Lady Vanishes

1979

as Baroness

A Town Like Alice
A Town Like Alice

1956

as Miss Horsefall

The Three Lives of Thomasina
The Three Lives of Thomasina

1963

as Mrs. MacKenzie

Lucky Jim
Lucky Jim

1957

as Mrs. Welch

The Whipping Boy
The Whipping Boy

1994

as Queen Mum

Back Home
Back Home

1989

as Grandmother Dickinson

Simon Magus
Simon Magus

1999

as Roise

The Weak and the Wicked
The Weak and the Wicked

1954

as Policewoman in Court

Robbery Under Arms
Robbery Under Arms

1957

as Ma Marston

Life in Her Hands
Life in Her Hands

1951

as Night Sister

Brotherly Love
Brotherly Love

1970

as Matron

Run a Crooked Mile
Run a Crooked Mile

1969

as Sister Teresa

Diana: Her True Story
Diana: Her True Story

1993

as Lady Fermoy

The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams
The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams

1986

as Mrs Langton-Jones

Screamtime
Screamtime

1983

as Mildred Hurley

The Black Velvet Gown
The Black Velvet Gown

1991

as Madame Gallmington

Dear Parents
Time Bomb