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.
Movies & TV Shows
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A Night to Remember (1958) — Stuffy Lady in Lifeboat (uncredited)
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Keeping Up Appearances (1990) — Mrs. Fortescue
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Inspector Morse (1987) — Lady Hinksey
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Solomon and Sheba (1959) — Takyan
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Casualty (1986) — Rosie Collier
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The Lady Vanishes (1979) — Baroness
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The Three Lives of Thomasina (1963) — Mrs. MacKenzie
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Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder (1987) — Mrs. Fane
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A Town Like Alice (1956) — Miss Horsefall
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Heartbeat (1992) — Victoria Wainwright
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Lucky Jim (1957) — Mrs. Welch
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Screamtime (1983) — Mildred Hurley
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The Road Builder (1971) — Mrs. Millicent McMurtrey
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Time Bomb (1953)
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Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (1996) — Alice Marsden
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Half a Sixpence (1967) — Lady Botting
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Rebecca (1997) — Grandma
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Leon the Pig Farmer (1993) — Mrs Samuels
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G.B.H. (1991) — Dr Goldup
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The Kidnappers (1953) — Grandma MacKenzie
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Maigret (1960) — Madame Gallet
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The Whipping Boy (1994) — Queen Mum
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The House of Eliott (1991) — Mrs. Spenser-Ewell
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Street Corner (1953) — Miss Haversham - Store Detective
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Simon Magus (1999) — Roise
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The Weak and the Wicked (1954) — Policewoman in Court
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Waltz of the Toreadors (1962) — Agnes
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Tenko (1981) — Lady Jocelyn 'Joss' Holbrook
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The Brave Don't Cry (1952) — Mrs. Sloan
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The Inspector (1962) — Mrs. Jongman
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High Treason (1951) — Woman in street (uncredited)
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The Pleasure Garden (1953) — Aunt Minerva
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Campion (1989) — Belle Lafcadio
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Robbery Under Arms (1957) — Ma Marston
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SOS Pacific (1959) — Miss Shaw
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This Is Your Life (1955) — Self
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Lease of Life (1954) — Miss Calthorp
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BBC Play of the Month (1965) — Miss Ramsden
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Endgame (2000) — Nell
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Screen Two (1985) — Dowager