Jean Anderson
Known For
Acting
Born
1907-12-12 in Eastbourne, Sussex, England
Died
2001-04-01
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.
Most Known For
Casualty
as Rosie Collier
Casualty
as Jessie Baine
Heartbeat
as Victoria Wainwright
BBC Play of the Month
as Miss Ramsden
Inspector Morse
as Lady Hinksey
The Wednesday Play
as Mrs. Grant
No Hiding Place
Keeping Up Appearances
as Mrs. Fortescue
This Is Your Life
as Self
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
as Alice Marsden
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
as Lady Mary McDowell
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
as Mrs. Gordon
Interpol Calling
as Nun
Brotherly Love
as Matron
Maigret
as Madame Gallet
The House of Eliott
as Mrs. Spenser-Ewell
The Brothers
Lucky Jim
as Mrs. Welch
Tenko
as Lady Jocelyn 'Joss' Holbrook
Campion
as Belle Lafcadio