Jean Anderson
Acting
- Born:
- 1907-12-12
- Died:
- 2001-04-01
- Place of birth:
- Eastbourne, Sussex, England
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
Filmography
Endgame
Simon Magus
The Uninvited
Keeping Mum
Rebecca
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
The Whipping Boy
Moonacre
Doctor Finlay
Diana: Her True Story
Leon the Pig Farmer
The Bogie Man
Heartbeat
The House of Eliott
G.B.H.
The Black Velvet Gown
Tonight at 8.30
Do Not Disturb
O.M.
Keeping Up Appearances
Survival of the Fittest
Circles Of Deceit
Screen One
Back Home
Campion
Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder
Inspector Morse
The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams
Casualty
Paris
Summer Season
Screen Two
Screamtime
Q.E.D.
Tenko
A Chance to Sit Down
The Lady Vanishes
Dear Parents
Scoop
The Brothers
Father's Help
Fathers and Sons
The Road Builder
Little Women
Codename
Wicked Women
Brotherly Love
Run a Crooked Mile
The Triumph of Death
Late Night Horror
Half a Sixpence
St. Ives
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
BBC Play of the Month
Thursday Theatre
The Wednesday Play
The Silent Playground
The Three Lives of Thomasina
Lorna Doone
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
The Inspector
Wuthering Heights
Waltz of the Toreadors
Spare the Rod
Maigret
The Odd Man
Armchair Mystery Theatre
Solomon and Sheba
SOS Pacific
No Hiding Place
Interpol Calling
A Night to Remember
Heart of a Child
Lucky Jim
Robbery Under Arms
Armchair Theatre
A Town Like Alice
Laughing in the Sunshine
This Is Your Life
Lease of Life
The Weak and the Wicked
The Kidnappers
The Pleasure Garden
Johnny on the Run
Street Corner
Time Bomb
The Brave Don't Cry
High Treason
Life in Her Hands
The Franchise Affair
The Railway Children
White Corridors
Out of True
The Romantic Age
Elizabeth of Ladymead
Bond Street