Jean Anderson

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 BBC drama The Brothers (1972–1976) and as rebellious aristocrat Lady Jocelyn "Joss" Holbrook in the Second World War series Tenko (1982–1985).

For other people named Jean Anderson, see Jean Anderson (disambiguation).

Jean Anderson
Born(1907-12-12)12 December 1907
Eastbourne, Sussex, England
Died1 April 2001(2001-04-01) (aged 93)
Edenhall, Cumbria, England
OccupationActress
Years active1947–2000

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, Campion,Rab C.Nesbitt, Keeping Up Appearances and Hetty Wainthropp Investigates. She also played the role of the Mother in The Railway Children in two separate BBC adaptations in 1951 and 1957.

She was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1985 when she was surprised by Eamonn Andrews.[1]

She continued acting into her 90s, dying in April 2001 at the age of 93.

Filmography

Personal life

For many years she lived in the village of Edenhall near Penrith, Cumbria.

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References
  1. "Jean Anderson". Bigredbook.info. Retrieved 16 March 2020.


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