Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 12, 1907
Place of Birth
Eastbourne, Sussex, England
Jean Anderson
Biography
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 - Movies
Solomon and Sheba
as Takyan
A Night to Remember
as Stuffy Lady in Lifeboat (uncredited)
The Lady Vanishes
as Baroness
The Three Lives of Thomasina
as Mrs. MacKenzie
The Inspector
as Mrs. Jongman
Simon Magus
as Roise
Half a Sixpence
as Lady Botting
Heart of a Child
as Maria
White Corridors
as Sister Gater
Back Home
as Grandmother Dickinson
Known For - TV Shows
Casualty
as Rosie Collier
Casualty
as Jessie Baine
Heartbeat
as Victoria Wainwright
BBC Play of the Month
as Miss Ramsden
Inspector Morse
as Lady Hinksey
Keeping Up Appearances
as Mrs. Fortescue
No Hiding Place
The Wednesday Play
as Mrs. Grant
Maigret
as Madame Gallet
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
as Lady Mary McDowell