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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1907-12-12 (117 years old)

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

Acting

2000

Endgame as Nell

1999

Simon Magus as Roise

1997

1996

1994

The Whipping Boy as Queen Mum

1993

Diana: Her True Story as Lady Fermoy
Leon the Pig Farmer as Mrs Samuels
Doctor Finlay as Mrs. Stirling

1992

The Bogie Man as Mrs Napier
Heartbeat as Victoria Wainwright

1991

The Black Velvet Gown as Madame Gallmington
Do Not Disturb as Lady Ann
The House of Eliott as Mrs. Spenser-Ewell
G.B.H. as Dr Goldup

1990

Survival of the Fittest as Molly Cowper
O.M. as Lady Crewe
Keeping Up Appearances as Mrs. Fortescue

1989

Back Home as Grandmother Dickinson
Campion as Belle Lafcadio

1987

Inspector Morse as Lady Hinksey

1986

Casualty as Rosie Collier
Casualty as Jessie Baine

1984

Miss Marple as Mrs. Fane

1983

Screamtime as Mildred Hurley

1982

1981

Tenko as Lady Jocelyn 'Joss' Holbrook

1979

The Lady Vanishes as Baroness

1973

1972

1971

The Road Builder as Mrs. Millicent McMurtrey
Father's Help as Mrs. Harrogate

1970

Brotherly Love as Matron
Codename as Penelope Blanshard

1969

Run a Crooked Mile as Sister Teresa

1967

Half a Sixpence as Lady Botting

1963

1962

The Inspector as Mrs. Jongman
Dr. Finlay's Casebook as Lady Mary McDowell
Suspense as Miss Reid

1961

Spare the Rod as Mrs. Pond

1960

Maigret as Madame Gallet

1959

1958

A Night to Remember as Stuffy Lady in Lifeboat (uncredited)

1957

Lucky Jim as Mrs. Welch
Robbery Under Arms as Ma Marston

1956

1955

1954

Lease of Life as Miss Calthorp
The Weak and the Wicked as Policewoman in Court

1953

The Kidnappers as Grandma MacKenzie
The Pleasure Garden as Aunt Minerva
Street Corner as Miss Haversham - Store Detective
Johnny on the Run as Mrs. MacIntyre

1952

The Brave Don't Cry as Mrs. Sloan

1951

Out of True as Dr. Bell
Life in Her Hands as Night Sister
White Corridors as Sister Gater

1949

The Romantic Age as Miss Sankey

1948

Bond Street as Dress Shop Assistant