Jean Anderson
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 ...
Known For
Filmography
Endgame
2000
as Nell
Simon Magus
1999
as Roise
The Uninvited
1997
Keeping Mum
1997
as Norma
Rebecca
1997
as Grandma
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
1996
as Alice Marsden
The Whipping Boy
1994
as Queen Mum
Moonacre
1994
as Miss Heliotrope
Diana: Her True Story
1993
as Lady Fermoy
Leon the Pig Farmer
1993
as Mrs Samuels
Doctor Finlay
1993
as Mrs. Stirling
The Bogie Man
1992
as Mrs Napier
Heartbeat
1992
as Victoria Wainwright
The Black Velvet Gown
1991
as Madame Gallmington
Do Not Disturb
1991
as Lady Ann
The House of Eliott
1991
as Mrs. Spenser-Ewell
G.B.H.
1991
as Dr Goldup
Tonight at 8.30
1991
as Aunt Martha
Survival of the Fittest
1990
as Molly Cowper
O.M.
1990
as Lady Crewe
Circles Of Deceit
1990
as Dowager
Keeping Up Appearances
1990
as Mrs. Fortescue
Back Home
1989
as Grandmother Dickinson
Campion
1989
as Belle Lafcadio
Screen One
1989
as Molly Cowper
Inspector Morse
1987
as Lady Hinksey
Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder
1987
as Mrs. Fane
The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams
1986
as Mrs Langton-Jones
Casualty
1986
as Rosie Collier
Casualty
1986
as Jessie Baine
Paris
1985
as Miss McLeod
Screen Two
1985
as Dowager
Screamtime
1983
as Mildred Hurley
Q.E.D.
1982
as Lady Euphemia Martin
Tenko
1981
as Lady Jocelyn 'Joss' Holbrook
A Chance to Sit Down
1981
as Dolly
The Lady Vanishes
1979
as Baroness
Dear Parents
1973
The Brothers
1972
as Mary Hammond
Scoop
1972
as Great Aunt Anne
The Road Builder
1971
as Mrs. Millicent McMurtrey
Father's Help
1971
as Mrs. Harrogate
Fathers and Sons
1971
as Princess Natasha
Brotherly Love
1970
as Matron
Codename
1970
as Penelope Blanshard
Little Women
1970
as Aunt Josephine March
Wicked Women
1970
as Mrs. Wallace
Run a Crooked Mile
1969
as Sister Teresa
The Triumph of Death
1968
as Mrs. Redvale
Late Night Horror
1968
as Mrs. Redvale
Half a Sixpence
1967
as Lady Botting
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
1967
as Ada Grey
St. Ives
1967
as Miss Gilchrist
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Miss Ramsden
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Mrs. Grant
Thursday Theatre
1964
as Monica Pleydon MP
The Three Lives of Thomasina
1963
as Mrs. MacKenzie
The Silent Playground
1963
as Mrs. Lacey
Lorna Doone
1963
Wuthering Heights
1962
as Ellen
The Inspector
1962
as Mrs. Jongman
Waltz of the Toreadors
1962
as Agnes
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1962
as Lady Mary McDowell
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1962
as Mrs. Gordon
Spare the Rod
1961
as Mrs. Pond
Maigret
1960
as Madame Gallet
The Odd Man
1960
as Miss Twilight
Armchair Mystery Theatre
1960
as Meg
SOS Pacific
1959
as Miss Shaw
Solomon and Sheba
1959
as Takyan
Interpol Calling
1959
as Nun
No Hiding Place
1959
A Night to Remember
1958
as Stuffy Lady in Lifeboat (uncredited)
Heart of a Child
1958
as Maria
Lucky Jim
1957
as Mrs. Welch
Robbery Under Arms
1957
as Ma Marston
A Town Like Alice
1956
as Miss Horsefall
Laughing in the Sunshine
1956
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Mrs. Bell
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Nanny
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Mrs. Harrogate
This Is Your Life
1955
as Self
Lease of Life
1954
as Miss Calthorp
The Weak and the Wicked
1954
as Policewoman in Court
The Kidnappers
1953
as Grandma MacKenzie
The Pleasure Garden
1953
as Aunt Minerva
Street Corner
1953
as Miss Haversham - Store Detective
Johnny on the Run
1953
as Mrs. MacIntyre
Time Bomb
1953
The Brave Don't Cry
1952
as Mrs. Sloan
Out of True
1951
as Dr. Bell
The Franchise Affair
1951
as Miss Tuff
Life in Her Hands
1951
as Night Sister
White Corridors
1951
as Sister Gater
High Treason
1951
as Woman in street (uncredited)
The Railway Children
1951
The Romantic Age
1949
as Miss Sankey
Elizabeth of Ladymead
1948
Bond Street
1948
as Dress Shop Assistant