Jean Anderson
Date of birth: 1907-12-12
Place of birth: Eastbourne, Sussex, England
Known for: Acting
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Biography
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.
Movie Credits
The Lady Vanishes
1979-04-30
On the eve of World War II, zany heiress Amanda Kelly travels by train to Switzerland. While passing
The Romantic Age
1949-11-29
Arlette is a malicious schoolgirl who uses her feminine charms to attract, and then destroy, every m
The Black Velvet Gown
1991-06-02
In the 1830's in northern England, Riah Millican, a widow with three children, takes a job as housek
The Three Lives of Thomasina
1963-12-11
Thomasina is the pet cat of Mary McDhui, the daughter of Scottish veterinarian Andrew McDhui. When T
Survival of the Fittest
1990-10-21
Molly Cowper is a wilful 80-year-old widow who firmly believes the world is there for her convenienc
The Kidnappers
1953-12-01
After losing their father in the Boer War, orphaned brothers Harry and Davy must leave their home in
O.M.
1990-12-25
Drama based on the life of Owen Morgan Edwards, one of the main benefactors and campaigners for the
The Road Builder
1971-02-25
The dreary existence of middle-aged spinster Maura Prince takes an unexpected turn with the arrival
A Town Like Alice
1956-03-01
In 1941 Malaysia, the advancing Japanese army captures a lot of British territory very quickly. The
A Night to Remember
1958-07-03
The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British drama. T
Out of True
1951-01-01
A BAFTA award nominated fictional drama about young Molly Slade who awakens one morning in a depress
Elizabeth of Ladymead
1948-12-22
Four generations of a British family live through their experiences in the Crimean War, Boer War, WW
Back Home
1989-07-23
During World War II, young Rusty was sent to America for safety. It's now five years later and the s
Circles Of Deceit
1990-04-11
Philip, a painter who specialises as a copyist, has always been dominated by strong women with secre
Lucky Jim
1957-09-17
Jim Dixon feels anything but lucky. At the university he has to do the bidding of absent-minded and
Endgame
2000-09-10
Hamm is blind and unable to stand; Clov, his servant, is unable to sit; Nagg and Nell are his father
The Silent Playground
1963-12-31
Police hunt for mental hospital out patient Simon Lacey, who has been unwittingly handing out barbit
Run a Crooked Mile
1969-11-18
A man witnesses a murder in a secluded mansion. When he reports it, there's no evidence of the murde
The Pleasure Garden
1953-10-16
People quietly or mischievously pass the time in an overgrown garden full of statues, while a purita
Brotherly Love
1970-01-07
Having left her husband, Hilary moves in with her unbalanced brother, Pink, who uses wit and humor t
Father's Help
1971-10-19
A father who ditched his family life to be free and single again finds some unexpected guests left o
Laughing in the Sunshine
1956-01-02
Princess Caroline travels incognito to Stockholm and meets the Prince Birger, who also uses a fake n
The Franchise Affair
1951-02-19
An English country lawyer weighs the case of a schoolgirl who claims she was kidnapped by two women.
Lease of Life
1954-10-18
The parson of a small rural community knows he is dying and this makes him reconsider his life so fa
The Whipping Boy
1994-07-31
A bored little prince makes a poor rat hunter his whipping boy but after his pranks at the royal cou
Robbery Under Arms
1957-01-10
During the mid 1860s, brothers Dick and Jim Marston are drawn into a life of crime by their ex-convi
The Brave Don't Cry
1952-08-01
At Balloch Moss mine in Scotland, water comes through a seam bringing a torrent of mud into the mine
Dear Parents
1973-02-09
An Italian woman who has not heard from her daughter for a while travels to London, where the daught
The Bogie Man
1992-12-29
A mental patient who believes he is Humphrey Bogart escapes from his institution and sets up in busi
Diana: Her True Story
1993-04-03
Television film telling the story of Diana, Princess of Wales, based on the publication of the same
Do Not Disturb
1991-03-17
When Jenny and Bruce Coldfield bring a curious party of literary enthusiasts to a remote Norfolk vil
Life in Her Hands
1951-06-01
A woman blames herself for her husband's death. To overcome her grief and her guilt she becomes a nu
Street Corner
1953-03-17
A pseudo-documentary focusing on the daily work and routine of women police officers built around th
Simon Magus
1999-02-17
Simon is an outcast from his Jewish community because he claims that the devil talks to him and he h
The Weak and the Wicked
1954-02-02
Jean Raymond an upper class woman with a gambling addiction, is given a twelve-month prison sentence
Screamtime
1983-01-01
Compilation of three short horror films: "That's The Way To Do It", "Dreamhouse" and "Do You Believe
Leon the Pig Farmer
1993-02-26
An irreverent comedy is set in motion when Leon Geller, a sensitive Jewish boy from London, accident
SOS Pacific
1959-10-14
A flying boat has to ditch off an island in the Pacific. Along with the injured owner-pilot the pass
Bond Street
1948-05-12
Charts the events occurring during a typical 24-hour period on London’s thoroughfare Bond Street. Li
Spare the Rod
1961-05-23
It is London in the year 1960 and John Saunders enthusiastically begins his new teaching career at a
Johnny on the Run
1953-06-01
A Polish boy runs away from his unkind foster mother in Edinburgh and finds a new home in a lakeside
Heart of a Child
1958-04-30
A young boy goes to desperate lengths to save the family dog when his father agrees sell it to the l
Half a Sixpence
1967-12-21
"If I had the money, I'd buy me a banjo!" says struggling sales clerk Arthur Kipps. Soon he'll inher
Wuthering Heights
1962-05-10
Foundling Heathcliff is raised by the wealthy Earnshaws in Yorkshire but in later life launches a ve
Solomon and Sheba
1959-12-18
Near death, King David has a vision that his poet son, Solomon, should succeed him, rather than hot-
The Inspector
1962-05-24
At the end of WW2, a compassionate Dutch policeman helps smuggle a Jewish woman into British Palesti
White Corridors
1951-01-12
White Corridors was based on Yeoman Hospital, a novel by Helen Ashton. Told episodically, the story
Waltz of the Toreadors
1962-04-12
General Fitzhugh, an ageing Lothario has an over-active eye for a pretty woman. Despite a long and s
Time Bomb
1953-02-05
When a saboteur places an explosive device on a train full of sea mines, the authorities call for bo
The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams
1986-10-12
In 1956, the ultra-respectable seaside resort of Eastbourne was shocked when a local doctor, John Bo
Paris
1985-06-25
Two old ladies meet in Glasgow and weave fantasies about trips to Paris.
High Treason
1951-11-13
Men from Scotland Yard and military intelligence build a dossier on a sabotage ring.