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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean Anderson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Casualty

Casualty

Heartbeat

BBC Play of the Month

Screen Two

Inspector Morse

Maigret

No Hiding Place

All Movies (53)

• Endgame2000 · as Nell
• Simon Magus1999 · as Roise
• The Whipping Boy1994 · as Queen Mum
• Diana: Her True Story1993 · as Lady Fermoy
• Leon the Pig Farmer1993 · as Mrs Samuels
• The Bogie Man1992 · as Mrs Napier
• The Black Velvet Gown1991 · as Madame Gallmington
• Do Not Disturb1991 · as Lady Ann
• O.M.1990 · as Lady Crewe
• Survival of the Fittest1990 · as Molly Cowper
• Circles Of Deceit1990 · as Dowager
• Back Home1989 · as Grandmother Dickinson
• The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams1986 · as Mrs Langton-Jones
• Paris1985 · as Miss McLeod
• Screamtime1983 · as Mildred Hurley
• The Lady Vanishes1979 · as Baroness
• Dear Parents1973
• Father's Help1971 · as Mrs. Harrogate
• The Road Builder1971 · as Mrs. Millicent McMurtrey
• Brotherly Love1970 · as Matron
• Run a Crooked Mile1969 · as Sister Teresa
• The Triumph of Death1968 · as Mrs. Redvale
• Half a Sixpence1967 · as Lady Botting
• The Silent Playground1963 · as Mrs. Lacey
• The Three Lives of Thomasina1963 · as Mrs. MacKenzie
• The Inspector1962 · as Mrs. Jongman
• Wuthering Heights1962 · as Ellen
• Waltz of the Toreadors1962 · as Agnes
• Spare the Rod1961 · as Mrs. Pond
• Solomon and Sheba1959 · as Takyan
• SOS Pacific1959 · as Miss Shaw
• A Night to Remember1958 · as Stuffy Lady in Lifeboat (uncredited)
• Heart of a Child1958 · as Maria
• Lucky Jim1957 · as Mrs. Welch
• Robbery Under Arms1957 · as Ma Marston
• A Town Like Alice1956 · as Miss Horsefall
• Laughing in the Sunshine1956
• Lease of Life1954 · as Miss Calthorp
• The Weak and the Wicked1954 · as Policewoman in Court
• The Kidnappers1953 · as Grandma MacKenzie
• The Pleasure Garden1953 · as Aunt Minerva
• Johnny on the Run1953 · as Mrs. MacIntyre
• Street Corner1953 · as Miss Haversham - Store Detective
• Time Bomb1953
• The Brave Don't Cry1952 · as Mrs. Sloan
• High Treason1951 · as Woman in street (uncredited)
• Life in Her Hands1951 · as Night Sister
• The Franchise Affair1951 · as Miss Tuff
• White Corridors1951 · as Sister Gater
• Out of True1951 · as Dr. Bell
• The Romantic Age1949 · as Miss Sankey
• Elizabeth of Ladymead1948
• Bond Street1948 · as Dress Shop Assistant

All TV Shows (43)

• The Uninvited1997
• Keeping Mum1997 · as Norma
• Rebecca1997 · as Grandma
• Hetty Wainthropp Investigates1996 · as Alice Marsden
• Moonacre1994 · as Miss Heliotrope
• Doctor Finlay1993 · as Mrs. Stirling
• Heartbeat1992 · as Victoria Wainwright
• The House of Eliott1991 · as Mrs. Spenser-Ewell
• G.B.H.1991 · as Dr Goldup
• Keeping Up Appearances1990 · as Mrs. Fortescue
• Screen One1989 · as Molly Cowper
• Campion1989 · as Belle Lafcadio
• Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder1987 · as Mrs. Fane
• Inspector Morse1987 · as Lady Hinksey
• Casualty1986 · as Rosie Collier
• Casualty1986 · as Jessie Baine
• Screen Two1985 · as Dowager
• Q.E.D.1982
• Tenko1981 · as Lady Jocelyn 'Joss' Holbrook
• Scoop1972 · as Great Aunt Anne
• The Brothers1972 · as Mary Hammond
• Fathers and Sons1971 · as Princess Natasha
• Little Women1970 · as Aunt Josephine March
• Codename1970 · as Penelope Blanshard
• Late Night Horror1968 · as Mrs. Redvale
• St. Ives1967 · as Miss Gilchrist
• Sir Arthur Conan Doyle1967 · as Ada Grey
• BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Miss Ramsden
• Thursday Theatre1964 · as Monica Pleydon MP
• The Wednesday Play1964 · as Mrs. Grant
• Lorna Doone1963
• Dr. Finlay's Casebook1962 · as Lady Mary McDowell
• Dr. Finlay's Casebook1962 · as Mrs. Gordon
• Maigret1960 · as Madame Gallet
• The Odd Man1960 · as Miss Twilight
• Armchair Mystery Theatre1960 · as Meg
• No Hiding Place1959
• Interpol Calling1959 · as Nun
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Mrs. Bell
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Nanny
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Mrs. Harrogate
• This Is Your Life1955 · as Self
• The Railway Children1951