Jean Anderson
Acting
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.
Born: December 12, 1907
Place of Birth: Eastbourne, Sussex, England
Known For
Tenko
Based on real-life experiences, Tenko remains one of the most fondly remembered and acclaimed BBC dramas of the early 1980s. It follows a group of women, formerly comfortably well-off ex-pats living in Singapore, as they are captured by the Japanese during World War II.
Run a Crooked Mile
A man witnesses a murder in a secluded mansion. When he reports it, there's no evidence of the murder, or that anyone was there. Two years later he wakes up in a hospital room after a polo accident to find he's had amnesia, is now married, and living in Switzerland. Now remembering the incident he returns to England to try to solve the mystery.
Inspector Morse
Inspector Morse is a detective drama based on Colin Dexter's series of Chief Inspector Morse novels. The series starred John Thaw as Chief Inspector Morse and Kevin Whately as Sergeant Lewis, as well as a large cast of notable actors and actresses.
A Night to Remember
The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British drama. The disaster is portrayed largely from the perspective of the ocean liner's second officer, Charles Lightoller. Despite numerous warnings about ice, the ship sails on, with Capt. Edward John Smith keeping it going at a steady clip. When the doomed vessel finally hits an iceberg, the crew and passengers discover that they lack enough lifeboats, and tragedy follows.
Keeping Up Appearances
Hyacinth Bucket (whose name, she insists, is pronounced "Bouquet") is a suburban housewife in the West Midlands. She would be the first to tell you that she is a gracious hostess, a respected citizen, and a well-connected member of high society. If you don't believe that, just ask her best friend Elizabeth, held captive in Hyacinth's kitchen; or the postmen and neighbours who bristle at the sound of her voice; or Richard, her weary and compliant husband. In fact, Hyacinth's reputation could be as perfect as her new lounge set, if not for her senile father's love of running wild in the nip. Oh, and she would prefer it if her brother-in-law was a sharper dresser. And that her husband was more ambitious. And that her sisters were more presentable. And do take your shoes off before you come in the house, dear. Mind that you don't brush against the wallpaper.
Johnny on the Run
A Polish boy runs away from his unkind foster mother in Edinburgh and finds a new home in a lakeside village for orphans of all nations, after encountering trouble through his innocent implication in a robbery.
Lease of Life
The parson of a small rural community knows he is dying and this makes him reconsider his life so far and what he can still do to help the community.
Simon Magus
Simon is an outcast from his Jewish community because he claims that the devil talks to him and he has the ability to put curses on crops. When Dovid asks the 'Squire' to sell him some land so he can build a railway station, a ruthless businessman from the neighbouring gentile community uses Simon to find out who wants to buy the land so he can 'persuade' him otherwise
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
Instead of spending her golden years lying down, the indomitable Hetty Wainthropp found her calling late in life. Combining common sense, her husband, and her pocketbook, this senior sleuth takes on all the cases the police deem too minor.
Maigret
BBC series based on the novels by Georges Simenon which starred Rupert Davies as Inspector Maigret, a French police detective who preferred to watch and listen in order to solve crimes. The series ran from 1960-63 on British television.
Filmography
as Nell
as Roise
as Norma
as Grandma
as Alice Marsden
as Queen Mum
as Mrs. Stirling
as Lady Fermoy
as Mrs Samuels
as Mrs Napier
as Victoria Wainwright
as Mrs. Spenser-Ewell
as Dr Goldup
as Madame Gallmington
as Lady Crewe
as Mrs. Fortescue
as Molly Cowper
as Dowager
as Grandmother Dickinson
as Belle Lafcadio
as Mrs. Fane
as Lady Hinksey
as Mrs Langton-Jones
as Rosie Collier
as Jessie Baine
as Miss McLeod
as Mildred Hurley
as Lady Jocelyn 'Joss' Holbrook
as Baroness
as Mrs. Millicent McMurtrey
as Matron
as Sister Teresa
as Lady Botting
as Ada Grey
as Miss Ramsden
as Mrs. Grant
as Mrs. Lacey
as Mrs. MacKenzie
as Lady Mary McDowell
as Mrs. Gordon
as Mrs. Jongman
as Agnes
as Mrs. Pond
as Madame Gallet
as Miss Twilight
as Takyan
as Miss Shaw
as Nun
as Stuffy Lady in Lifeboat (uncredited)
as Maria
as Mrs. Welch
as Ma Marston
as Miss Horsefall
as Self
as Miss Calthorp
as Policewoman in Court
as Grandma MacKenzie
as Aunt Minerva
as Mrs. MacIntyre
as Miss Haversham - Store Detective
as Mrs. Sloan
as Woman in street (uncredited)
as Night Sister
as Miss Tuff
as Sister Gater
as Miss Sankey
as Dress Shop Assistant