Jean Anderson
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
Credits
- 2000 · Endgame as Nell
- 1999 · Simon Magus as Roise
- 1997 · The Uninvited as
- 1997 · Keeping Mum as Norma
- 1997 · Rebecca as Grandma
- 1996 · Hetty Wainthropp Investigates as Alice Marsden
- 1994 · The Whipping Boy as Queen Mum
- 1993 · Doctor Finlay as Mrs. Stirling
- 1993 · Diana: Her True Story as Lady Fermoy
- 1993 · Leon The Pig Farmer as Mrs Samuels
- 1992 · The Bogie Man as Mrs Napier
- 1992 · Heartbeat as Victoria Wainwright
- 1991 · The House of Eliott as Mrs. Spenser-Ewell
- 1991 · G.B.H. as Dr Goldup
- 1991 · The Black Velvet Gown as Madame Gallmington
- 1991 · Do Not Disturb as Lady Ann
- 1990 · O.M. as Lady Crewe
- 1990 · Keeping Up Appearances as Mrs. Fortescue
- 1990 · Survival of the Fittest as Molly Cowper
- 1990 · Circles Of Deceit as Dowager
- 1989 · Back Home as Grandmother Dickinson
- 1989 · Campion as Belle Lafcadio
- 1987 · Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder as Mrs. Fane
- 1987 · Inspector Morse as Lady Hinksey
- 1986 · Casualty as Rosie Collier
- 1986 · Casualty as Jessie Baine
- 1984 · Miss Marple as Mrs. Fane
- 1983 · Screamtime as Mildred Hurley
- 1982 · Q.E.D. as
- 1981 · Tenko as Lady Jocelyn 'Joss' Holbrook
- 1979 · The Lady Vanishes as Baroness
- 1973 · Dear Parents as
- 1972 · The Brothers as
- 1971 · Father's Help as Mrs. Harrogate
- 1971 · Fathers and Sons as
- 1971 · The Road Builder as Mrs. Millicent McMurtrey
- 1970 · Codename as Penelope Blanshard
- 1970 · Brotherly Love as Matron
- 1969 · Run a Crooked Mile as Sister Teresa
- 1967 · Half a Sixpence as Lady Botting
- 1963 · The Silent Playground as Mrs. Lacey
- 1963 · The Three Lives of Thomasina as Mrs. MacKenzie
- 1963 · Lorna Doone as
- 1962 · Dr. Finlay's Casebook as Lady Mary McDowell
- 1962 · The Inspector as Mrs. Jongman
- 1962 · Wuthering Heights as Ellen
- 1962 · Suspense as Miss Reid
- 1962 · Waltz of the Toreadors as Agnes
- 1961 · Spare the Rod as Mrs. Pond
- 1960 · Maigret as Madame Gallet
- 1959 · Solomon and Sheba as Takyan
- 1959 · SOS Pacific as Miss Shaw
- 1959 · No Hiding Place as
- 1959 · Interpol Calling as Nun
- 1958 · A Night to Remember as Stuffy Lady in Lifeboat (uncredited)
- 1958 · Heart of a Child as Maria
- 1957 · Lucky Jim as Mrs. Welch
- 1957 · Robbery Under Arms as Ma Marston
- 1956 · A Town Like Alice as Miss Horsefall
- 1956 · Laughing in the Sunshine as
- 1955 · This Is Your Life as Self
- 1954 · Lease of Life as Miss Calthorp
- 1954 · The Weak and the Wicked as Policewoman in Court
- 1953 · The Kidnappers as Grandma MacKenzie
- 1953 · The Pleasure Garden as Aunt Minerva
- 1953 · Johnny on the Run as Mrs. MacIntyre
- 1953 · Street Corner as Miss Haversham - Store Detective
- 1953 · Time Bomb as
- 1952 · The Brave Don't Cry as Mrs. Sloan
- 1951 · Life in Her Hands as Night Sister
- 1951 · The Franchise Affair as Miss Tuff
- 1951 · The Railway Children as
- 1951 · White Corridors as Sister Gater
- 1951 · Out of True as Dr. Bell
- 1949 · Naughty Arlette as Miss Sankey
- 1948 · Elizabeth of Ladymead as
- 1948 · Bond Street as Dress Shop Assistant