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Jean Anderson

Cast & creator

Jean Anderson

1907-12-12 (died at 93) Eastbourne, Sussex, EnglandIMDb

Best known for Casualty, Casualty, The Wednesday Play

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

53

film credits

Series

46

television credits

Career

99

1948–2000 · acting roles

Credit score

6.6

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

Casualty

Casualty

Rosie Collier · 1986

Casualty

Casualty

Jessie Baine · 1986

The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play

Mrs. Grant · 1964

Heartbeat

Heartbeat

Victoria Wainwright · 1992

Screen Two

Screen Two

Dowager · 1985

Across film & television

Filmography (99)

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Casualty

Casualty

Rosie Collier

Casualty

Casualty

Jessie Baine

The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play

Mrs. Grant

Heartbeat

Heartbeat

Victoria Wainwright

Screen Two

Screen Two

Dowager

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

Miss Ramsden

Inspector Morse

Inspector Morse

Lady Hinksey

No Hiding Place

No Hiding Place

Keeping Up Appearances

Keeping Up Appearances

Mrs. Fortescue

This Is Your Life

This Is Your Life

Self

Dr. Finlay's Casebook

Dr. Finlay's Casebook

Lady Mary McDowell

Dr. Finlay's Casebook

Dr. Finlay's Casebook

Mrs. Gordon

Thursday Theatre

Monica Pleydon MP

Maigret

Maigret

Madame Gallet

Screen One

Screen One

Molly Cowper

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

Alice Marsden

Tenko

Tenko

Lady Jocelyn 'Joss' Holbrook

The House of Eliott

The House of Eliott

Mrs. Spenser-Ewell

Interpol Calling

Interpol Calling

Nun

Campion

Campion

Belle Lafcadio

The Brothers

The Brothers

Mary Hammond

Armchair Mystery Theatre

Meg

Doctor Finlay

Doctor Finlay

Mrs. Stirling

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Ada Grey

A Night to Remember

A Night to Remember

Stuffy Lady in Lifeboat (uncredited)

St. Ives

Miss Gilchrist

Wicked Women

Wicked Women

Mrs. Wallace

Little Women

Little Women

Aunt Josephine March

Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder

Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder

Mrs. Fane

The Odd Man

The Odd Man

Miss Twilight

G.B.H.

G.B.H.

Dr Goldup

Q.E.D.

Q.E.D.

Lady Euphemia Martin

The Uninvited

The Uninvited

Solomon and Sheba

Solomon and Sheba

Takyan

Codename

Penelope Blanshard

Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre

Mrs. Bell

Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre

Nanny

Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre

Mrs. Harrogate

Late Night Horror

Late Night Horror

Mrs. Redvale

Rebecca

Rebecca

Grandma

Scoop

Great Aunt Anne

Tonight at 8.30

Tonight at 8.30

Aunt Martha

Keeping Mum

Keeping Mum

Norma

The Lady Vanishes

The Lady Vanishes

Baroness

Brotherly Love

Brotherly Love

Matron

Moonacre

Miss Heliotrope

A Town Like Alice

A Town Like Alice

Miss Horsefall

The Three Lives of Thomasina

The Three Lives of Thomasina

Mrs. MacKenzie

Lorna Doone

Fathers and Sons

Fathers and Sons

Princess Natasha

White Corridors

White Corridors

Sister Gater

The Railway Children

The Black Velvet Gown

The Black Velvet Gown

Madame Gallmington

A Chance to Sit Down

Dolly

Leon the Pig Farmer

Leon the Pig Farmer

Mrs Samuels

The Whipping Boy

The Whipping Boy

Queen Mum

Waltz of the Toreadors

Waltz of the Toreadors

Agnes

Back Home

Back Home

Grandmother Dickinson

Robbery Under Arms

Robbery Under Arms

Ma Marston

Diana: Her True Story

Diana: Her True Story

Lady Fermoy

The Weak and the Wicked

The Weak and the Wicked

Policewoman in Court

Run a Crooked Mile

Run a Crooked Mile

Sister Teresa

Dear Parents

Dear Parents

Lucky Jim

Lucky Jim

Mrs. Welch

Time Bomb

Time Bomb

The Brave Don't Cry

The Brave Don't Cry

Mrs. Sloan

Half a Sixpence

Half a Sixpence

Lady Botting

Heart of a Child

Heart of a Child

Maria

The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams

The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams

Mrs Langton-Jones

Johnny on the Run

Johnny on the Run

Mrs. MacIntyre

The Inspector

The Inspector

Mrs. Jongman

The Triumph of Death

The Triumph of Death

Mrs. Redvale

The Road Builder

The Road Builder

Mrs. Millicent McMurtrey

Simon Magus

Simon Magus

Roise

Do Not Disturb

Lady Ann

Survival of the Fittest

Survival of the Fittest

Molly Cowper

Lease of Life

Lease of Life

Miss Calthorp

The Kidnappers

The Kidnappers

Grandma MacKenzie

Screamtime

Screamtime

Mildred Hurley

High Treason

High Treason

Woman in street (uncredited)

Spare the Rod

Spare the Rod

Mrs. Pond

Street Corner

Street Corner

Miss Haversham - Store Detective

The Bogie Man

The Bogie Man

Mrs Napier

Life in Her Hands

Life in Her Hands

Night Sister

The Romantic Age

The Romantic Age

Miss Sankey

The Pleasure Garden

The Pleasure Garden

Aunt Minerva

SOS Pacific

SOS Pacific

Miss Shaw

The Silent Playground

The Silent Playground

Mrs. Lacey

Circles Of Deceit

Circles Of Deceit

Dowager

Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights

Ellen

The Franchise Affair

The Franchise Affair

Miss Tuff

Father's Help

Mrs. Harrogate

Endgame

Endgame

Nell

Elizabeth of Ladymead

Elizabeth of Ladymead

Paris

Paris

Miss McLeod

Bond Street

Bond Street

Dress Shop Assistant

Laughing in the Sunshine

Out of True

Out of True

Dr. Bell

O.M.

O.M.

Lady Crewe