Jean Anderson

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

87

Gender

Female

Birthday

1907-12-12

Day of death

2001-04-01 (93 years old)

Place of Birth

Eastbourne, Sussex, England

Jean Anderson

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

  • Casualty

    Casualty

  • Casualty

    Casualty

  • Heartbeat

    Heartbeat

  • Inspector Morse

    Inspector Morse

  • BBC Play of the Month

    BBC Play of the Month

  • The Wednesday Play

    The Wednesday Play

  • Keeping Up Appearances

    Keeping Up Appearances

  • No Hiding Place

    No Hiding Place

  • Maigret

    Maigret

  • This Is Your Life

    This Is Your Life

  • Dr. Finlay's Casebook

    Dr. Finlay's Casebook

  • Dr. Finlay's Casebook

    Dr. Finlay's Casebook

  • Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

    Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

  • Wuthering Heights

    Wuthering Heights

  • The House of Eliott

    The House of Eliott

  • Endgame

    Endgame

  • Solomon and Sheba

    Solomon and Sheba

  • Screamtime

    Screamtime

  • Street Corner

    Street Corner

  • Bond Street

    Bond Street

  • Paris

    Paris

  • Tenko

    Tenko

  • Interpol Calling

    Interpol Calling

  • Time Bomb

    Time Bomb

  • Simon Magus

    Simon Magus

  • High Treason

    High Treason

  • Campion

    Campion

  • White Corridors

    White Corridors

  • A Night to Remember

    A Night to Remember

  • Little Women

    Little Women

  • Brotherly Love

    Brotherly Love

  • The Brothers

    The Brothers

  • Father's Help

    Father's Help

  • The Weak and the Wicked

    The Weak and the Wicked

  • The Inspector

    The Inspector

  • G.B.H.

    G.B.H.

  • The Road Builder

    The Road Builder

  • The Lady Vanishes

    The Lady Vanishes

  • Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder

    Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder

  • The Three Lives of Thomasina

    The Three Lives of Thomasina

  • Rebecca

    Rebecca

  • Lucky Jim

    Lucky Jim

  • Back Home

    Back Home

  • Codename

    Codename

  • O.M.

    O.M.

  • Robbery Under Arms

    Robbery Under Arms

  • The Franchise Affair

    The Franchise Affair

  • The Romantic Age

    The Romantic Age

  • A Town Like Alice

    A Town Like Alice

  • Circles Of Deceit

    Circles Of Deceit

  • Survival of the Fittest

    Survival of the Fittest

  • Johnny on the Run

    Johnny on the Run

  • Half a Sixpence

    Half a Sixpence

  • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

  • Waltz of the Toreadors

    Waltz of the Toreadors

  • Suspense

    Suspense

  • Leon the Pig Farmer

    Leon the Pig Farmer

  • The Whipping Boy

    The Whipping Boy

  • Elizabeth of Ladymead

    Elizabeth of Ladymead

  • The Odd Man

    The Odd Man

  • Doctor Finlay

    Doctor Finlay

  • Run a Crooked Mile

    Run a Crooked Mile

  • Laughing in the Sunshine

    Laughing in the Sunshine

  • The Silent Playground

    The Silent Playground

  • Heart of a Child

    Heart of a Child

  • Lease of Life

    Lease of Life

  • The Brave Don't Cry

    The Brave Don't Cry

  • Spare the Rod

    Spare the Rod

  • Keeping Mum

    Keeping Mum

  • Life in Her Hands

    Life in Her Hands

  • Q.E.D.

    Q.E.D.

  • The Pleasure Garden

    The Pleasure Garden

  • The Bogie Man

    The Bogie Man

  • Late Night Horror

    Late Night Horror

  • The Uninvited

    The Uninvited

  • Scoop

    Scoop

  • Do Not Disturb

    Do Not Disturb

  • The Kidnappers

    The Kidnappers

  • The Black Velvet Gown

    The Black Velvet Gown

  • The Railway Children

    The Railway Children

  • Out of True

    Out of True

  • Lorna Doone

    Lorna Doone

  • Fathers and Sons

    Fathers and Sons

  • SOS Pacific

    SOS Pacific

  • Diana: Her True Story

    Diana: Her True Story

  • Dear Parents

    Dear Parents

  • The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams

    The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams