Jean Anderson
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 BBC drama The Brothers (1972–1976) and as rebellious aristocrat Lady Jocelyn "Joss" Holbrook in the Second World War series Tenko (1982–1985).
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| Born | 12 December 1907 Eastbourne, Sussex, England |
| Died | 1 April 2001 (aged 93) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1947–2000 |
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, Campion, Rab C.Nesbitt, Keeping Up Appearances and Hetty Wainthropp Investigates. She also played the role of the Mother in The Railway Children in two separate BBC adaptations in 1951 and 1957.
She was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1985 when she was surprised by Eamonn Andrews.[1]
She continued acting into her 90s, dying in April 2001 at the age of 93.
Filmography
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- The Mark of Cain (1947) - Extra (uncredited)
- Bond Street (1948) - Dress Shop Assistant (uncredited)
- Elizabeth of Ladymead (1948)
- The Romantic Age (1949) - Miss Sankey (uncredited)
- Seven Days to Noon (1950) - Mother at Railway Station (uncredited)
- Out of True (1951) - Dr. Bell
- The Franchise Affair (1951) - Miss Tuff
- Life in Her Hands (1951) - Night Sister
- White Corridors (1951) - Sister Gater
- High Treason (1951) - Woman in Street (uncredited)
- The Brave Don't Cry (1952) - Mrs. Sloan
- Time Bomb (1953) - Matron (uncredited)
- Street Corner (1953) - Miss Haversham - Store Detective
- Johnny on the Run (1953) - Mrs. MacIntyre
- The Kidnappers (1953) - Grandma MacKenzie
- The Pleasure Garden (1953) - Aunt Minerva
- The Weak and the Wicked (1954) - Policewoman in Court (uncredited)
- Lease of Life (1954) - Miss Calthorp
- Laughing in the Sunshine (1956) - Diana Masefield
- The Secret Tent (1956) - Mrs. Martyn
- A Town Like Alice (1956) - Miss Horsefall
- The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1957) - Wilson
- Lucky Jim (1957) - Mrs. Welch
- Robbery Under Arms (1957) - Ma Marston
- Heart of a Child (1958) - Maria
- A Night to Remember (1958) - Stuffy Lady in Lifeboat (uncredited)
- SOS Pacific (1959) - Miss Shaw
- Solomon and Sheba (1959) - Takyan
- Spare the Rod (1961) - Mrs. Pond
- Little Girls Never Cry (1962) - Aunt Kate
- Waltz of the Toreadors (1962) - Agnes
- The Inspector (1962) - Mrs. Jongman
- The Three Lives of Thomasina (1963) - Mrs. MacKenzie
- The Silent Playground (1963) - Mrs. Lacey
- Half a Sixpence (1967) - Lady Botting
- Country Dance (1970) - Matron
- The Night Digger (1971) - Mrs. Millicent McMurtrey
- Dear Parents (1973)
- The Lady Vanishes (1979) - Baroness
- Screamtime (1983) - Mildred
- Madame Sousatzka (1988) - Lady with Removal Men
- Survival of the Fittest - Screen One Season 2: Episode 8 (1990) Molly Cowper
- Leon the Pig Farmer (1992) - Mrs. Samuels
- Simon Magus (1999) - Roise
- The Harpist (1999) - Mrs. Merz
Personal life
For many years she lived in the village of Edenhall near Penrith, Cumbria.
References
- "Jean Anderson". Bigredbook.info. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
External links
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