Jean Anderson
Acting
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.
TV Shows(36)
The Uninvited
1997
Keeping Mum
Norma
1997
Rebecca
Grandma
1997
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
Alice Marsden
1996
Moonacre
Miss Heliotrope
1994
Doctor Finlay
Mrs. Stirling
1993
Heartbeat
Victoria Wainwright
1992
The House of Eliott
Mrs. Spenser-Ewell
1991
G.B.H.
Dr Goldup
1991
Keeping Up Appearances
Mrs. Fortescue
1990
Campion
Belle Lafcadio
1989
Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder
Mrs. Fane
1987
Inspector Morse
Lady Hinksey
1987
Casualty
Rosie Collier
1986
Miss Marple
Mrs. Fane
1984
Q.E.D.
1982
Tenko
Lady Jocelyn 'Joss' Holbrook
1981
Scoop
Great Aunt Anne
1972
The Brothers
1972
Fathers and Sons
1971
Little Women
Aunt Josephine March
1970
Codename
Penelope Blanshard
1970
Late Night Horror
Mrs. Redvale
1968
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Ada Grey
1967
BBC Play of the Month
Miss Ramsden
1965
The Wednesday Play
Mrs. Grant
1964
Lorna Doone
1963
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
Lady Mary McDowell
1962
Maigret
Madame Gallet
1960
The Odd Man
Miss Twilight
1960
Armchair Mystery Theatre
Meg
1960
No Hiding Place
1959
Interpol Calling
Nun
1959
Armchair Theatre
Mrs. Bell
1956
This Is Your Life
Self
1955
The Railway Children
1951
Movies(52)
Endgame
Nell
2000
Simon Magus
Roise
1999
The Whipping Boy
Queen Mum
1994
Diana: Her True Story
Lady Fermoy
1993
Leon the Pig Farmer
Mrs Samuels
1993
The Bogie Man
Mrs Napier
1992
The Black Velvet Gown
Madame Gallmington
1991
Do Not Disturb
Lady Ann
1991
O.M.
Lady Crewe
1990
Survival of the Fittest
Molly Cowper
1990
Circles Of Deceit
Dowager
1990
Back Home
Grandmother Dickinson
1989
The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams
Mrs Langton-Jones
1986
Paris
Miss McLeod
1985
Screamtime
Mildred Hurley
1983
The Lady Vanishes
Baroness
1979
Dear Parents
1973
Father's Help
Mrs. Harrogate
1971
The Road Builder
Mrs. Millicent McMurtrey
1971
Brotherly Love
Matron
1970
Run a Crooked Mile
Sister Teresa
1969
Half a Sixpence
Lady Botting
1967
The Silent Playground
Mrs. Lacey
1963
The Three Lives of Thomasina
Mrs. MacKenzie
1963
The Inspector
Mrs. Jongman
1962
Wuthering Heights
Ellen
1962
Waltz of the Toreadors
Agnes
1962
Spare the Rod
Mrs. Pond
1961
Solomon and Sheba
Takyan
1959
SOS Pacific
Miss Shaw
1959
A Night to Remember
Stuffy Lady in Lifeboat (uncredited)
1958
Heart of a Child
Maria
1958
Lucky Jim
Mrs. Welch
1957
Robbery Under Arms
Ma Marston
1957
A Town Like Alice
Miss Horsefall
1956
Laughing in the Sunshine
1956
Lease of Life
Miss Calthorp
1954
The Weak and the Wicked
Policewoman in Court
1954
The Kidnappers
Grandma MacKenzie
1953
The Pleasure Garden
Aunt Minerva
1953
Johnny on the Run
Mrs. MacIntyre
1953
Street Corner
Miss Haversham - Store Detective
1953
Time Bomb
1953
The Brave Don't Cry
Mrs. Sloan
1952
High Treason
Woman in street (uncredited)
1951
Life in Her Hands
Night Sister
1951
The Franchise Affair
Miss Tuff
1951
White Corridors
Sister Gater
1951
Out of True
Dr. Bell
1951
The Romantic Age
Miss Sankey
1949
Elizabeth of Ladymead
1948
Bond Street
Dress Shop Assistant
1948