Jean Anderson
Actor
- Born
- December 12, 1907 · Eastbourne, Sussex, England
- Died
- April 1, 2001 (age 93)
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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 .
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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
July 3, 1958
Solomon and Sheba
October 27, 1959
The Lady Vanishes
April 30, 1979
The Three Lives of Thomasina
December 11, 1963
A Town Like Alice
March 1, 1956
Lucky Jim
September 17, 1957
Screamtime
January 1, 1983
The Road Builder
February 25, 1971
Time Bomb
February 5, 1953
Half a Sixpence
December 21, 1967
Leon the Pig Farmer
February 26, 1993
The Kidnappers
December 1, 1953
Acting53
- 2000Endgame as Nell
- 1999Simon Magus as Roise
- 1994The Whipping Boy as Queen Mum
- 1993Diana: Her True Story as Lady Fermoy
- 1993Leon the Pig Farmer as Mrs Samuels
- 1992The Bogie Man as Mrs Napier
- 1991The Black Velvet Gown as Madame Gallmington
- 1991Do Not Disturb as Lady Ann
- 1990O.M. as Lady Crewe
- 1990Survival of the Fittest as Molly Cowper