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Actor

Jean Anderson

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Acting credits

74

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Very extensive acting filmography.

TMDB popularity

0.4

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Movies: 48Series: 26

TMDB ID: 39028

IMDb ID: nm0026876

Known for: Acting

Born: December 12, 1907

Died: April 1, 2001

Age: 93

Place of birth: Eastbourne, Sussex, England

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1948 - 2000

Years active: 53

Average TMDB rating: 6.5

Wikidata: Q3170364

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.

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