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Jean Anderson

Dec 12, 1907 - Apr 01, 2001 (93 years old) in 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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Known For

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This Is Your Life
Self
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No Hiding Place
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Dr. Finlay's Casebook
Lady Mary McDowell
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Heartbeat
Victoria Wainwright
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Casualty
Rosie Collier
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Keeping Up Appearances
Mrs. Fortescue
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Inspector Morse
Lady Hinksey
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The House of Eliott
Mrs. Spenser-Ewell
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Interpol Calling
Nun
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Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
Alice Marsden

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