Jean Anderson
Known for Acting
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.
Filmography
A Night to Remember
1958
as Stuffy Lady in Lifeboat (uncredited)
The Lady Vanishes
1979
as Baroness
Solomon and Sheba
1959
as Takyan
Screamtime
1983
as Mildred Hurley
A Town Like Alice
1956
as Miss Horsefall
The Black Velvet Gown
1991
as Madame Gallmington
Time Bomb
1953
Heart of a Child
1958
as Maria
The Three Lives of Thomasina
1963
as Mrs. MacKenzie
The Road Builder
1971
as Mrs. Millicent McMurtrey
Simon Magus
1999
as Roise
The Whipping Boy
1994
as Queen Mum
Lease of Life
1954
as Miss Calthorp
The Kidnappers
1953
as Grandma MacKenzie
Bond Street
1948
as Dress Shop Assistant
The Bogie Man
1992
as Mrs Napier
White Corridors
1951
as Sister Gater
The Silent Playground
1963
as Mrs. Lacey
The Romantic Age
1949
as Miss Sankey
Do Not Disturb
1991
as Lady Ann