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Jean Anderson

Actor
Died April 1, 2001 (93 years)
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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Movies & Shows on Plex
  • A Night to Remember
  • Heartbeat
  • A Town Like Alice
  • Doctor Finlay (1993)
  • Diana: Her True Story
Known For
  • The Little Kidnappers
  • The Three Lives of Thomasina
  • A Town Like Alice
  • Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder
  • The Lady Vanishes
  • The Night Digger
  • Doctor Finlay (1993)
  • Tenko
  • The Black Velvet Gown
  • Waltz of the Toreadors
  • The Brothers (1972)
  • Heart of a Child
  • Leon the Pig Farmer
  • SOS Pacific
  • Silent Playground
  • Spare the Rod
  • Brotherly Love
  • Diana: Her True Story
  • The Uninvited
  • The Pleasure Garden
  • The Whipping Boy
  • Johnny on the Run
  • Dear Parents

Filmography

2023
2008
2000
Endgame · as Nell
1999
Simon Magus · as Roise
1997
The Uninvited (TV Series)
1997
The Beggar Bride (TV Series) · as Lady Alice Hurleston
1997
Keeping Mum (TV Series) · as Norma
1997
Rebecca (TV Series) · as Grandma
1996
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (TV Series) · as Alice Marsden
1994
The Whipping Boy · as Queen Mum
1993
Mission Top Secret (TV Series) · as Aunt Edith Cranberry
1993
Doctor Finlay (1993) (TV Series) · as Mrs. Stirling
1993
1992
Leon the Pig Farmer · as Mrs Samuels
1992
The Bogie Man · as Mrs Napier
1992
Heartbeat (TV Series) · as Victoria Wainwright
1991
Trainer (TV Series) · as Harriet Grey
1991
The House of Eliott (TV Series) · as Mrs. Spenser-Ewell
1991
GBH (TV Series) · as Dr Goldup
1991
The Black Velvet Gown · as Madame Gallmington
1991
Second Thoughts (TV Series) · as Hermione
1991
Tonight At 8:30 (TV Series) · as Aunt Martha
1990
Keeping Up Appearances (TV Series) · as Mrs. Fortescue
1989
Back Home · as Grandmother Dickinson
1989
Campion (TV Series) · as Belle Lafcadio
1988
Rab C Nesbitt (TV Series) · as Mrs. Monteith
1988
Madame Sousatzka · as Lady With Removal Men
1987
1987
Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder (TV Series) · as Mrs. Fane
1987
Inspector Morse (TV Series) · as Lady Hinksey
1986
Casualty (TV Series) · as Jessie Baine
1985
Screen One (TV Series) · as Molly Cowper
1984
Screen Two (TV Series) · as Dowager
1984
Miss Marple (TV Series) · as Mrs. Fane
1983
Screamtime · as Mildred Hurley
1982
Q.E.D. (TV Series)
1981
Tenko (TV Series) · as Lady Jocelyn 'joss' Holbrook
1979
The Lady Vanishes · as Baroness
1973
1972
The Adventures of Black Beauty (TV Series) · as The Hon. Mrs. Jameson
1972
1971
The Night Digger · as Mrs. Millicent Mcmurtrey
1970
Little Women (1970) (TV Series) · as Aunt March
1970
Batchelor Father (TV Series) · as Mrs. Jenkins
1970
Brotherly Love · as Matron
1969
Paul Temple (TV Series) · as Marthe
1969
Run a Crooked Mile · as Sister Teresa
1968
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1968) (TV Series) · as Mrs. Maxwell
1967
Half a Sixpence · as Lady Botting
1967
Look and Read (TV Series) · as Miss Brown
1965
Jackanory (TV Series) · as Storyteller
1965
Play of the Month (TV Series) · as Miss Ramsden
1964
The Wednesday Play (TV Series) · as Mrs. Grant
1963
The Three Lives of Thomasina · as Mrs. Mackenzie
1963
Silent Playground · as Mrs. Lacey
1962
1962
Dr. Finlay's Casebook (TV Series) · as Lady Mary Mcdowell
1962
Lisa · as Mrs. Jongman
1962
Suspense (1962) (TV Series) · as Miss Reid
1961
Ghost Squad (TV Series) · as Tante Marie
1961
Spare the Rod · as Mrs. Pond
1960
BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV Series) · as Barbe
1959
Maigret (1960) (TV Series) · as Madame Gallet
1959
Solomon and Sheba · as Takyan
1959
SOS Pacific · as Miss Shaw
1959
No Hiding Place (TV Series)
1959
Interpol Calling (TV Series) · as Nun
1959
The Third Man (TV Series) · as Lady Fiona
1958
A Night to Remember · as Stuffy Lady In Lifeboat (uncredited)
1958
Heart of a Child · as Maria
1957
Robbery Under Arms · as Ma Marston
1957
Lucky Jim · as Mrs. Welch
1957
1956
Armchair Theatre (TV Series) · as Mrs. Bell
1956
A Town Like Alice · as Miss Horsefall
1956
1955
ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) · as Aggie Macdonald
1955
The Pleasure Garden · as Aunt Minerva
1954
Lease of Life · as Miss Calthorp
1954
The Vise (TV Series) · as Marion
1954
Young and Willing · as Policewoman In Court
1953
The Little Kidnappers · as Grandma Mackenzie
1953
1953
Johnny on the Run · as Mrs. Macintyre
1953
Both Sides of the Law · as Miss Haversham - Store Detective
1953
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Presents (TV Series) · as Mrs. Taggoria
1952
The Brave Don't Cry · as Mrs. Sloan
1951
The Franchise Affair · as Miss Tuff
1951
High Treason · as Woman In Street
1951
White Corridors · as Sister Gater
1951
Life in Her Hands · as Night Sister
1951
Out of True · as Dr. Bell
1950
Seven Days to Noon · as Mother At Train Station
1950
Sunday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Adeline Whiteoak
1949
Naughty Arlette · as Miss Sankey
1948
1948
Bond Street · as Dress Shop Assistant
1947
The Mark of Cain · as Extra

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