Acting

Jean Anderson

Born 1907-12-12 · Eastbourne, Sussex, England

Died 2001-04-01

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.

Credits

Newest first

Endgame
as Nell
2000
Simon Magus
as Roise
1999
The Uninvited
1997
Keeping Mum
as Norma
1997
Rebecca
as Grandma
1997
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
as Alice Marsden
1996
The Whipping Boy
as Queen Mum
1994
Moonacre
as Miss Heliotrope
1994
Doctor Finlay
as Mrs. Stirling
1993
Diana: Her True Story
as Lady Fermoy
1993
Leon the Pig Farmer
as Mrs Samuels
1993
The Bogie Man
as Mrs Napier
1992
Heartbeat
as Victoria Wainwright
1992
The House of Eliott
as Mrs. Spenser-Ewell
1991
G.B.H.
as Dr Goldup
1991
The Black Velvet Gown
as Madame Gallmington
1991
Tonight at 8.30
as Aunt Martha
1991
Do Not Disturb
as Lady Ann
1991
O.M.
as Lady Crewe
1990
Keeping Up Appearances
as Mrs. Fortescue
1990
Survival of the Fittest
as Molly Cowper
1990
Circles Of Deceit
as Dowager
1990
Screen One
as Molly Cowper
1989
Back Home
as Grandmother Dickinson
1989
Campion
as Belle Lafcadio
1989
Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder
as Mrs. Fane
1987
Inspector Morse
as Lady Hinksey
1987
The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams
as Mrs Langton-Jones
1986
Casualty
as Rosie Collier
1986
Casualty
as Jessie Baine
1986
Paris
as Miss McLeod
1985
Summer Season
as Miss McLeod
1985
Screen Two
as Dowager
1985
Screamtime
as Mildred Hurley
1983
Q.E.D.
as Lady Euphemia Martin
1982
Tenko
as Lady Jocelyn 'Joss' Holbrook
1981
A Chance to Sit Down
as Dolly
1981
The Lady Vanishes
as Baroness
1979
Dear Parents
1973
Scoop
as Great Aunt Anne
1972
The Brothers
as Mary Hammond
1972
Father's Help
as Mrs. Harrogate
1971
Fathers and Sons
as Princess Natasha
1971
The Road Builder
as Mrs. Millicent McMurtrey
1971
Little Women
as Aunt Josephine March
1970
Codename
as Penelope Blanshard
1970
Wicked Women
as Mrs. Wallace
1970
Brotherly Love
as Matron
1970
Run a Crooked Mile
as Sister Teresa
1969
The Triumph of Death
as Mrs. Redvale
1968
Late Night Horror
as Mrs. Redvale
1968
Half a Sixpence
as Lady Botting
1967
St. Ives
as Miss Gilchrist
1967
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
as Ada Grey
1967
BBC Play of the Month
as Miss Ramsden
1965
Thursday Theatre
as Monica Pleydon MP
1964
The Wednesday Play
as Mrs. Grant
1964
The Silent Playground
as Mrs. Lacey
1963
The Three Lives of Thomasina
as Mrs. MacKenzie
1963
Lorna Doone
1963
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
as Lady Mary McDowell
1962
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
as Mrs. Gordon
1962
The Inspector
as Mrs. Jongman
1962
Wuthering Heights
as Ellen
1962
Waltz of the Toreadors
as Agnes
1962
Spare the Rod
as Mrs. Pond
1961
Maigret
as Madame Gallet
1960
The Odd Man
as Miss Twilight
1960
Armchair Mystery Theatre
as Meg
1960
Solomon and Sheba
as Takyan
1959
SOS Pacific
as Miss Shaw
1959
No Hiding Place
1959
Interpol Calling
as Nun
1959
A Night to Remember
as Stuffy Lady in Lifeboat (uncredited)
1958
Heart of a Child
as Maria
1958
Lucky Jim
as Mrs. Welch
1957
Robbery Under Arms
as Ma Marston
1957
Armchair Theatre
as Mrs. Bell
1956
Armchair Theatre
as Nanny
1956
Armchair Theatre
as Mrs. Harrogate
1956