Jean Anderson
Acting

Jean Anderson

Born 12 December 1907 · Eastbourne, Sussex, England · Died 1 April 2001

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.

Known for

Solomon and Sheba
The Lady Vanishes
The Three Lives of Thomasina
Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder
A Town Like Alice
Lucky Jim
Screamtime
The Road Builder
Time Bomb
Rebecca
Half a Sixpence
G.B.H.
Endgame
Simon Magus
The Whipping Boy
Diana: Her True Story
Leon the Pig Farmer
The Bogie Man
The Black Velvet Gown
Survival of the Fittest
O.M.
Circles Of Deceit
Back Home
The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams
Paris
Screamtime
The Lady Vanishes
Dear Parents
The Road Builder
Brotherly Love
Run a Crooked Mile
The Triumph of Death
Half a Sixpence
The Three Lives of Thomasina
The Silent Playground
Wuthering Heights
The Inspector
Waltz of the Toreadors
Spare the Rod
SOS Pacific
Solomon and Sheba
Heart of a Child
Lucky Jim
Robbery Under Arms
A Town Like Alice
Lease of Life
The Weak and the Wicked
The Kidnappers
The Pleasure Garden
Street Corner
Johnny on the Run
Time Bomb
The Brave Don't Cry
Out of True
The Franchise Affair
Life in Her Hands
White Corridors
The Romantic Age
Elizabeth of Ladymead
Bond Street
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