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Jean Anderson

Jean Anderson

Birthday: 1907-12-12 | Place of Birth: Eastbourne, Sussex, England

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2000
Endgame

as    Nell

1997
Rebecca

as    Grandma

1994
The Whipping Boy

as    Queen Mum

1993
Diana: Her True Story

as    Lady Fermoy

1993
Leon the Pig Farmer

as    Mrs Samuels

1991
Do Not Disturb

as    Lady Ann

1991
The Black Velvet Gown

as    Madame Gallmington

1990
O.M.

as    Lady Crewe

1990
Survival of the Fittest

as    Molly Cowper

1987
Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder

as    Mrs. Fane

1987
Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder

as    Mrs. Fane

1987
Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder

as    Mrs. Fane

1983
Screamtime

as    Mildred Hurley

1981
Tenko

as    Lady Jocelyn 'Joss' Holbrook

1980
The Lady Vanishes

as    Baroness

1971
Father's Help

as    Mrs. Harrogate

1971
The Road Builder

as    Mrs. Millicent McMurtrey

1970
Brotherly Love

as    Matron

1964
The Three Lives of Thomasina

as    Mrs. MacKenzie

1962
Waltz of the Toreadors

as    Agnes

1959
SOS Pacific

as    Miss Shaw