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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
CasualtySeries • 1986
HeartbeatSeries • 1992
The Wednesday PlaySeries • 1964
BBC Play of the MonthSeries • 1965
Screen TwoSeries • 1985
Inspector MorseSeries • 1987
No Hiding PlaceSeries • 1959
Keeping Up AppearancesSeries • 1990
Dr. Finlay's CasebookSeries • 1962
MaigretSeries • 1960
Hetty Wainthropp InvestigatesSeries • 1996
Screen OneSeries • 1989
Interpol CallingSeries • 1959
The House of EliottSeries • 1991
TenkoSeries • 1981
The BrothersSeries • 1972
CampionSeries • 1989
Miss Marple: Sleeping MurderSeries • 1987
A Night to RememberMovie • 1958
RebeccaSeries • 1997
Solomon and ShebaMovie • 1959
The Lady VanishesMovie • 1979
The Three Lives of ThomasinaMovie • 1963
A Town Like AliceMovie • 1956