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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean Anderson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2000s
- 2000
Endgame
Nell
1990s
- 1999
Simon Magus
Roise
- 1997
The Uninvited
TV
Keeping Mum
Norma · 1 episode
Rebecca
Grandma · 2 episodes
- 1996
- 1994
- 1993
Doctor Finlay
Mrs. Stirling · 2 episodes
Diana: Her True Story
Lady Fermoy
Leon the Pig Farmer
Mrs Samuels
- 1992
The Bogie Man
Mrs Napier
- 1991
G.B.H.
Dr Goldup · 7 episodes
The Black Velvet Gown
Madame Gallmington
Tonight at 8.30
Aunt Martha · 1 episode
- 1990
O.M.
Lady Crewe
Survival of the Fittest
Molly Cowper
Circles Of Deceit
Dowager
1980s
- 1989
Back Home
Grandmother Dickinson
- 1987
Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder
Mrs. Fane · 2 episodes
- 1986
The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams
Mrs Langton-Jones
- 1985
Paris
Miss McLeod
- 1983
Screamtime
Mildred Hurley
- 1982
- 1981
1970s
- 1979
- 1973
Dear Parents
Movie
- 1972
- 1971
Fathers and Sons
Princess Natasha · 2 episodes
The Road Builder
Mrs. Millicent McMurtrey
- 1970
Little Women
Aunt Josephine March · 7 episodes
Wicked Women
Mrs. Wallace · 1 episode
1960s
- 1969
Run a Crooked Mile
Sister Teresa
- 1968
The Triumph of Death
Mrs. Redvale
Late Night Horror
Mrs. Redvale · 1 episode
- 1967
Half a Sixpence
Lady Botting
- 1965
- 1964
- 1963
The Silent Playground
Mrs. Lacey
The Three Lives of Thomasina
Mrs. MacKenzie
- 1962
The Inspector
Mrs. Jongman
Wuthering Heights
Ellen
Waltz of the Toreadors
Agnes
- 1961
Spare the Rod
Mrs. Pond
- 1960
1950s
- 1959
SOS Pacific
Miss Shaw
- 1958
Heart of a Child
Maria
- 1957
Lucky Jim
Mrs. Welch
- 1956
Armchair Theatre
Mrs. Bell, Nanny, Mrs. Harrogate · 1 episode
- 1954
Lease of Life
Miss Calthorp
The Weak and the Wicked
Policewoman in Court
- 1953
The Kidnappers
Grandma MacKenzie
The Pleasure Garden
Aunt Minerva
Johnny on the Run
Mrs. MacIntyre
Street Corner
Miss Haversham - Store Detective
Time Bomb
Movie
- 1952
The Brave Don't Cry
Mrs. Sloan
- 1951
High Treason
Woman in street (uncredited)
Life in Her Hands
Night Sister
The Franchise Affair
Miss Tuff
White Corridors
Sister Gater
Out of True
Dr. Bell
1940s
- 1949
The Romantic Age
Miss Sankey
- 1948
Elizabeth of Ladymead
Movie
Bond Street
Dress Shop Assistant
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1950s
- 1955
