Jean Anderson
An image from The Road Builder, one of the productions that also features Jean Anderson.
Jean Anderson

Jean Anderson

December 12, 1907 — Eastbourne, Sussex, England

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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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The Lady Vanishes

The Lady Vanishes

1979

The Three Lives of Thomasina

The Three Lives of Thomasina

1963

A Town Like Alice

A Town Like Alice

1956

The Road Builder

The Road Builder

1971

Lucky Jim

Lucky Jim

1957

The Kidnappers

The Kidnappers

1953

Tenko

Tenko

1981

Leon The Pig Farmer

Leon The Pig Farmer

1993