Jean Anderson

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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Known For

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates 1996 ★ 7.3
Doctor Finlay 1993 ★ 7.3
Heartbeat 1992 ★ 7.2
The House of Eliott 1991 ★ 6.6
Keeping Up Appearances 1990 ★ 7.7
Screen One 1989 ★ 7.2
Campion 1989 ★ 6.3
Inspector Morse 1987 ★ 7.9
Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder 1987 ★ 7.4
Casualty 1986 ★ 6.2
Screen Two 1985 ★ 7.1
Tenko 1981 ★ 8.3
The Brothers 1972 ★ 4.0
Wicked Women 1970
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 1967
BBC Play of the Month 1965 ★ 5.3
The Wednesday Play 1964 ★ 5.2
Dr. Finlay's Casebook 1962 ★ 6.7
Maigret 1960 ★ 7.1
The Odd Man 1960 ★ 8.0
No Hiding Place 1959 ★ 4.8
Interpol Calling 1959 ★ 7.3
Solomon and Sheba 1959 ★ 6.4
A Night to Remember 1958 ★ 7.6