Jean Anderson
Known for: Acting
Born: December 12, 1907
Died: April 1, 2001
Place of birth: Eastbourne, Sussex, England
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.
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Filmography
53 movies · 42 TV shows, newest first
7.3
Endgame
2000
7.4
Simon Magus
1999
6.5
The Uninvited
1997
NR
Keeping Mum
1997
6.0
Rebecca
1997
7.3
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
1996
6.5
The Whipping Boy
19948.0
Moonacre
1994
7.3
Doctor Finlay
1993
3.0
Diana: Her True Story
1993
5.4
Leon the Pig Farmer
1993
6.7
The Bogie Man
1992
7.2
Heartbeat
1992
6.6
The House of Eliott
1991
6.3
G.B.H.
1991
5.8
The Black Velvet Gown
1991
7.0
Tonight at 8.30
19915.5
Do Not Disturb
1991
NR
O.M.
1990
7.7
Keeping Up Appearances
1990
NR
Survival of the Fittest
1990
NR
Circles Of Deceit
1990
7.2
Screen One
1989
6.3
Back Home
1989
6.5
Campion
1989
7.3
Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder
1987
7.9
Inspector Morse
1987
5.8
The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams
1986
6.2
Casualty
1986
7.0
Paris
1985
7.1
Screen Two
1985
4.0
Screamtime
1983
7.1
Q.E.D.
1982
8.3
Tenko
1981NR
A Chance to Sit Down
1981
6.0
The Lady Vanishes
1979
7.0
Dear Parents
197310.0
Scoop
1972
4.0
The Brothers
1972NR
Father's Help
1971NR
Fathers and Sons
1971
6.3
The Road Builder
1971
7.5
Little Women
19708.0
Codename
1970
NR
Wicked Women
1970
6.5
Brotherly Love
1970
7.7
Run a Crooked Mile
1969
NR
The Triumph of Death
1968
7.0
Late Night Horror
1968
6.0
Half a Sixpence
1967NR
St. Ives
1967
NR
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
1967
5.2
BBC Play of the Month
1965NR
Thursday Theatre
1964
5.2
The Wednesday Play
1964
5.3
The Silent Playground
1963
6.8
The Three Lives of Thomasina
19635.0
Lorna Doone
1963
6.7
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1962
7.1
The Inspector
1962
9.5
Wuthering Heights
1962
5.0
Waltz of the Toreadors
1962
6.2
Spare the Rod
1961
7.1
Maigret
1960
8.0
The Odd Man
19609.0
Armchair Mystery Theatre
1960
6.4
Solomon and Sheba
1959
6.9
SOS Pacific
1959
4.8
No Hiding Place
1959
7.3
Interpol Calling
1959
7.6
A Night to Remember
1958
6.7
Heart of a Child
1958
5.4
Lucky Jim
1957
5.2
Robbery Under Arms
1957
6.0
Armchair Theatre
1956
6.4
A Town Like Alice
19569.0
Laughing in the Sunshine
1956
6.7
This Is Your Life
1955
7.4
Lease of Life
1954
6.5
The Weak and the Wicked
1954
6.7
The Kidnappers
1953
6.5
The Pleasure Garden
1953
8.3
Johnny on the Run
1953
5.5
Street Corner
1953
5.3
Time Bomb
1953
6.0
The Brave Don't Cry
1952
5.7
High Treason
1951
7.0
Life in Her Hands
1951
7.2
The Franchise Affair
19519.0
The Railway Children
1951
6.8
White Corridors
19516.0
Out of True
1951
5.4
The Romantic Age
1949
8.0
Elizabeth of Ladymead
1948
6.9
Bond Street
1948