Jean Anderson
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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 (53)
Endgame
2000 · Nell
Simon Magus
1999 · Roise
The Whipping Boy
1994 · Queen Mum
Diana: Her True Story
1993 · Lady Fermoy
Leon the Pig Farmer
1993 · Mrs Samuels
The Bogie Man
1992 · Mrs Napier
The Black Velvet Gown
1991 · Madame Gallmington
Do Not Disturb
1991 · Lady Ann
O.M.
1990 · Lady Crewe
Survival of the Fittest
1990 · Molly Cowper
Circles Of Deceit
1990 · Dowager
Back Home
1989 · Grandmother Dickinson
The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams
1986 · Mrs Langton-Jones
Paris
1985 · Miss McLeod
Screamtime
1983 · Mildred Hurley
The Lady Vanishes
1979 · Baroness
Dear Parents
1973
Father's Help
1971 · Mrs. Harrogate
The Road Builder
1971 · Mrs. Millicent McMurtrey
Brotherly Love
1970 · Matron
Run a Crooked Mile
1969 · Sister Teresa
The Triumph of Death
1968 · Mrs. Redvale
Half a Sixpence
1967 · Lady Botting
The Silent Playground
1963 · Mrs. Lacey
The Three Lives of Thomasina
1963 · Mrs. MacKenzie
The Inspector
1962 · Mrs. Jongman
Wuthering Heights
1962 · Ellen
Waltz of the Toreadors
1962 · Agnes
Spare the Rod
1961 · Mrs. Pond
Solomon and Sheba
1959 · Takyan
SOS Pacific
1959 · Miss Shaw
A Night to Remember
1958 · Stuffy Lady in Lifeboat (uncredited)
Heart of a Child
1958 · Maria
Lucky Jim
1957 · Mrs. Welch
Robbery Under Arms
1957 · Ma Marston
A Town Like Alice
1956 · Miss Horsefall
Laughing in the Sunshine
1956
Lease of Life
1954 · Miss Calthorp
The Weak and the Wicked
1954 · Policewoman in Court
The Kidnappers
1953 · Grandma MacKenzie
The Pleasure Garden
1953 · Aunt Minerva
Johnny on the Run
1953 · Mrs. MacIntyre
Street Corner
1953 · Miss Haversham - Store Detective
Time Bomb
1953
The Brave Don't Cry
1952 · Mrs. Sloan
High Treason
1951 · Woman in street (uncredited)
Life in Her Hands
1951 · Night Sister
The Franchise Affair
1951 · Miss Tuff
White Corridors
1951 · Sister Gater
Out of True
1951 · Dr. Bell
The Romantic Age
1949 · Miss Sankey
Elizabeth of Ladymead
1948
Bond Street
1948 · Dress Shop Assistant
TV shows (43)
The Uninvited
1997
Keeping Mum
1997 · Norma
Rebecca
1997 · Grandma
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
1996 · Alice Marsden
Moonacre
1994 · Miss Heliotrope
Doctor Finlay
1993 · Mrs. Stirling
Heartbeat
1992 · Victoria Wainwright
The House of Eliott
1991 · Mrs. Spenser-Ewell
G.B.H.
1991 · Dr Goldup
Tonight at 8.30
1991 · Aunt Martha
Keeping Up Appearances
1990 · Mrs. Fortescue
Screen One
1989 · Molly Cowper
Campion
1989 · Belle Lafcadio
Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder
1987 · Mrs. Fane
Inspector Morse
1987 · Lady Hinksey
Casualty
1986 · Rosie Collier, Jessie Baine
Summer Season
1985 · Miss McLeod
Screen Two
1985 · Dowager
Q.E.D.
1982 · Lady Euphemia Martin
Tenko
1981 · Lady Jocelyn 'Joss' Holbrook
A Chance to Sit Down
1981 · Dolly
Scoop
1972 · Great Aunt Anne
The Brothers
1972 · Mary Hammond
Fathers and Sons
1971 · Princess Natasha
Little Women
1970 · Aunt Josephine March
Codename
1970 · Penelope Blanshard
Wicked Women
1970 · Mrs. Wallace
Late Night Horror
1968 · Mrs. Redvale
St. Ives
1967 · Miss Gilchrist
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
1967 · Ada Grey
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · Miss Ramsden
Thursday Theatre
1964 · Monica Pleydon MP
The Wednesday Play
1964 · Mrs. Grant
Lorna Doone
1963
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1962 · Lady Mary McDowell, Mrs. Gordon
Maigret
1960 · Madame Gallet
The Odd Man
1960 · Miss Twilight
Armchair Mystery Theatre
1960 · Meg
No Hiding Place
1959
Interpol Calling
1959 · Nun
Armchair Theatre
1956 · Mrs. Bell, Nanny, Mrs. Harrogate
This Is Your Life
1955 · Self
The Railway Children
1951