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