Biography
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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.
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Filmography
Cast Credits
Endgame
Character: Nell
MOVIE • 2000
Simon Magus
Character: Roise
MOVIE • 1999
The Uninvited
Character:
TV • 1997
Keeping Mum
Character: Norma
TV • 1997
Rebecca
Character: Grandma
TV • 1997
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
Character: Alice Marsden
TV • 1996
The Whipping Boy
Character: Queen Mum
MOVIE • 1994
Doctor Finlay
Character: Mrs. Stirling
TV • 1993
Diana: Her True Story
Character: Lady Fermoy
MOVIE • 1993
Leon the Pig Farmer
Character: Mrs Samuels
MOVIE • 1993
The Bogie Man
Character: Mrs Napier
MOVIE • 1992
Heartbeat
Character: Victoria Wainwright
TV • 1992
The House of Eliott
Character: Mrs. Spenser-Ewell
TV • 1991
G.B.H.
Character: Dr Goldup
TV • 1991
The Black Velvet Gown
Character: Madame Gallmington
MOVIE • 1991
Do Not Disturb
Character: Lady Ann
MOVIE • 1991
O.M.
Character: Lady Crewe
MOVIE • 1990
Keeping Up Appearances
Character: Mrs. Fortescue
TV • 1990
Survival of the Fittest
Character: Molly Cowper
MOVIE • 1990
Circles Of Deceit
Character: Dowager
MOVIE • 1990