Jean Anderson

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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 (95 Appearances)

Endgame

2000

Simon Magus

1999

The Uninvited

1997

Keeping Mum

1997

Rebecca

1997

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

1996

The Whipping Boy

1994

Moonacre

1994

Doctor Finlay

1993

Diana: Her True Story

1993

Leon the Pig Farmer

1993

The Bogie Man

1992

Heartbeat

1992

The House of Eliott

1991

G.B.H.

1991

The Black Velvet Gown

1991

Tonight at 8.30

1991

Do Not Disturb

1991

O.M.

1990

Keeping Up Appearances

1990

Survival of the Fittest

1990

Circles Of Deceit

1990

Screen One

1989

Back Home

1989

Campion

1989

Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder

1987

Inspector Morse

1987

The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams

1986

Casualty

1986

Paris

1985

Screen Two

1985

Screamtime

1983

Q.E.D.

1982

Tenko

1981

A Chance to Sit Down

1981

The Lady Vanishes

1979

Dear Parents

1973

Scoop

1972

The Brothers

1972

Father's Help

1971

Fathers and Sons

1971

The Road Builder

1971

Little Women

1970

Codename

1970

Wicked Women

1970

Brotherly Love

1970

Run a Crooked Mile

1969

The Triumph of Death

1968

Late Night Horror

1968

Half a Sixpence

1967

St. Ives

1967

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

1967

BBC Play of the Month

1965

Thursday Theatre

1964

The Wednesday Play

1964

The Silent Playground

1963

The Three Lives of Thomasina

1963

Lorna Doone

1963

Dr. Finlay's Casebook

1962

The Inspector

1962

Wuthering Heights

1962

Waltz of the Toreadors

1962

Spare the Rod

1961

Maigret

1960

The Odd Man

1960

Armchair Mystery Theatre

1960

Solomon and Sheba

1959

SOS Pacific

1959

No Hiding Place

1959

Interpol Calling

1959

A Night to Remember

1958

Heart of a Child

1958

Lucky Jim

1957

Robbery Under Arms

1957

Armchair Theatre

1956

A Town Like Alice

1956

Laughing in the Sunshine

1956

This Is Your Life

1955

Lease of Life

1954

The Weak and the Wicked

1954

The Kidnappers

1953

The Pleasure Garden

1953

Johnny on the Run

1953

Street Corner

1953

Time Bomb

1953

The Brave Don't Cry

1952

High Treason

1951

Life in Her Hands

1951

The Franchise Affair

1951

The Railway Children

1951

White Corridors

1951

Out of True

1951

The Romantic Age

1949

Elizabeth of Ladymead

1948

Bond Street

1948 Debut
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