Jean Anderson
- Acting
- December 12, 1907 · Eastbourne, Sussex, England
- April 1, 2001
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Endgame · Nell
- Simon Magus · Roise
- The Uninvited
- Keeping Mum · Norma
- Rebecca · Grandma
- Hetty Wainthropp Investigates · Alice Marsden
- The Whipping Boy · Queen Mum
- Moonacre · Miss Heliotrope
- Doctor Finlay · Mrs. Stirling
- Diana: Her True Story · Lady Fermoy
- Leon the Pig Farmer · Mrs Samuels
- The Bogie Man · Mrs Napier
- Heartbeat · Victoria Wainwright
- The House of Eliott · Mrs. Spenser-Ewell
- G.B.H. · Dr Goldup
- The Black Velvet Gown · Madame Gallmington
- Tonight at 8.30 · Aunt Martha
- Do Not Disturb · Lady Ann
- O.M. · Lady Crewe
- Keeping Up Appearances · Mrs. Fortescue
- Survival of the Fittest · Molly Cowper
- Circles Of Deceit · Dowager
- Screen One · Molly Cowper
- Back Home · Grandmother Dickinson
- Campion · Belle Lafcadio
- Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder · Mrs. Fane
- Inspector Morse · Lady Hinksey
- The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams · Mrs Langton-Jones
- Casualty · Rosie Collier, Jessie Baine
- Paris · Miss McLeod
- Summer Season · Miss McLeod
- Screen Two · Dowager
- Screamtime · Mildred Hurley
- Q.E.D. · Lady Euphemia Martin
- Tenko · Lady Jocelyn 'Joss' Holbrook
- A Chance to Sit Down · Dolly
- The Lady Vanishes · Baroness
- Dear Parents
- Scoop · Great Aunt Anne
- The Brothers · Mary Hammond
- Father's Help · Mrs. Harrogate
- Fathers and Sons · Princess Natasha
- The Road Builder · Mrs. Millicent McMurtrey
- Little Women · Aunt Josephine March
- Codename · Penelope Blanshard
- Wicked Women · Mrs. Wallace
- Brotherly Love · Matron
- Run a Crooked Mile · Sister Teresa
- The Triumph of Death · Mrs. Redvale
- Late Night Horror · Mrs. Redvale
- Half a Sixpence · Lady Botting
- St. Ives · Miss Gilchrist
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · Ada Grey
- BBC Play of the Month · Miss Ramsden
- Thursday Theatre · Monica Pleydon MP
- The Wednesday Play · Mrs. Grant
- The Silent Playground · Mrs. Lacey
- The Three Lives of Thomasina · Mrs. MacKenzie
- Lorna Doone
- Dr. Finlay's Casebook · Lady Mary McDowell, Mrs. Gordon
- The Inspector · Mrs. Jongman
- Wuthering Heights · Ellen
- Waltz of the Toreadors · Agnes
- Spare the Rod · Mrs. Pond
- Maigret · Madame Gallet
- The Odd Man · Miss Twilight
- Armchair Mystery Theatre · Meg
- Solomon and Sheba · Takyan
- SOS Pacific · Miss Shaw
- No Hiding Place
- Interpol Calling · Nun
- A Night to Remember · Stuffy Lady in Lifeboat (uncredited)
- Heart of a Child · Maria
- Lucky Jim · Mrs. Welch
- Robbery Under Arms · Ma Marston
- Armchair Theatre · Mrs. Bell, Nanny
- A Town Like Alice · Miss Horsefall
- Laughing in the Sunshine
- This Is Your Life · Self
- Lease of Life · Miss Calthorp