Jean Anderson
Acting
Born December 12, 1907 · 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 Te…
Known For · 40 titles
Casualty
Heartbeat
BBC Play of the Month
Screen Two
This Is Your Life
The Wednesday Play
Inspector Morse
No Hiding Place
Maigret
Thursday Theatre
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
Keeping Up Appearances
Interpol Calling
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
Screen One
The House of Eliott
The Brothers
Campion
Tenko
The Odd Man
Armchair Mystery Theatre
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
G.B.H.
Doctor Finlay
A Night to Remember
Codename
Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder
Q.E.D.
Solomon and Sheba
Late Night Horror
Armchair Theatre
Rebecca
The Lady Vanishes
Little Women
Tonight at 8.30
Scoop
Keeping Mum
St. Ives
Brotherly Love
Lorna Doone