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Jean Anderson

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1907-12-12

Day of Death

2001-04-01

Place of Birth

Eastbourne, Sussex, England

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.

Filmography (52)

⭐ 7.3 Role: Nell

Endgame

2000
⭐ 7.4 Role: Roise

Simon Magus

1999
⭐ 6.5 Role: Queen Mum

The Whipping Boy

1994
⭐ 3.0 Role: Lady Fermoy

Diana: Her True Story

1993
⭐ 5.4 Role: Mrs Samuels

Leon the Pig Farmer

1993
⭐ 6.7 Role: Mrs Napier

The Bogie Man

1992
⭐ 5.8 Role: Madame Gallmington

The Black Velvet Gown

1991
No Image
⭐ 5.5 Role: Lady Ann

Do Not Disturb

1991
⭐ 0 Role: Lady Crewe

O.M.

1990
⭐ 0 Role: Molly Cowper

Survival of the Fittest

1990
⭐ 0 Role: Dowager

Circles Of Deceit

1990
⭐ 6.2 Role: Grandmother Dickinson

Back Home

1989
⭐ 5.8 Role: Mrs Langton-Jones

The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams

1986
⭐ 7.0 Role: Miss McLeod

Paris

1985
⭐ 4.0 Role: Mildred Hurley

Screamtime

1983