Jean Anderson
Born: 1907-12-12
Place of Birth: Eastbourne, Sussex, England
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.
Known For
The Franchise Affair
Solomon and Sheba
Endgame
A Night to Remember
Simon Magus
Screamtime
Brotherly Love
Heart of a Child
Street Corner
Back Home
Time Bomb
High Treason
Bond Street
Paris
Lucky Jim
White Corridors
The Bogie Man
The Brave Don't Cry
A Town Like Alice
The Lady Vanishes
Spare the Rod
Johnny on the Run
Half a Sixpence
The Three Lives of Thomasina
Run a Crooked Mile
Waltz of the Toreadors
The Whipping Boy
Lease of Life
The Inspector
Dear Parents
The Black Velvet Gown
The Kidnappers
Laughing in the Sunshine
Robbery Under Arms
Elizabeth of Ladymead
SOS Pacific
The Weak and the Wicked
The Silent Playground
Diana: Her True Story
The Romantic Age
Life in Her Hands
Circles Of Deceit
The Road Builder
The Pleasure Garden
Survival of the Fittest
The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams
Leon the Pig Farmer
