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Jean Anderson 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).
Birth Name
Mary Jean Heriot Anderson
Born
Thursday, 12 December 1907
Died
Sunday, 01 April 2001
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Keeping Up Appearances: 30 Years of Laughs | Mrs. Fortescue | 2023 |
| The Cult of... | Mary Hammond | 2006 |
| The Harpist | Mrs. Merz | 1999 |
| Simon Magus | Roise | 1999 |
| Funny Women | Self | 1997 |
| The Beggar Bride | Lady Alice Hurleston | 1997 |
| Rebecca | Grandma | 1997 |
| Hetty Wainthropp Investigates | Alice Marsden | 1996 |
| The Whipping Boy | Queen Mum | 1994 |
| Moonacre | Miss Heliotrope | 1994 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Keeping Up Appearances: 30 Years of Laughs | Mrs. Fortescue | 2023 |
| The Cult of... | Mary Hammond | 2006 |
| The Harpist | Mrs. Merz | 1999 |
| Simon Magus | Roise | 1999 |
| Funny Women | Self | 1997 |
| The Beggar Bride | Lady Alice Hurleston | 1997 |
| Rebecca | Grandma | 1997 |
| Hetty Wainthropp Investigates | Alice Marsden | 1996 |
| The Whipping Boy | Queen Mum | 1994 |
| Moonacre | Miss Heliotrope | 1994 |
| Mission Top Secret | Aunt Edith Cranberry | 1993 |
| Doctor Finlay | Mrs. Stirling | 1993 |
| Leon the Pig Farmer | Mrs. Samuels / Mrs Samuels | 1993 |
| Diana: Her True Story | Lady Fermoy | 1993 |
| The Bogie Man | Mrs. Napier / Mrs Napier | 1992 |
| Heartbeat | Victoria Wainwright | 1992 |
| The House of Eliott | Mrs. Spenser-Ewell | 1991 |
| G.B.H. | Dr Goldup / Dr. Goldup | 1991 |
| The Black Velvet Gown | Madame Gallmington | 1991 |
| Second Thoughts | Hermione | 1991 |
| Keeping Up Appearances | Mrs. Fortescue | 1990 |
| Screen One | Molly Cowper | 1989 |
| Mystery!: Campion | Belle Lafcadio | 1989 |
| Rab C. Nesbitt | Mrs. Monteith | 1988 |
| Madame Sousatzka | Lady with Removal Men | 1988 |
| Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder | Mrs. Fane | 1987 |
| Inspector Morse | Lady Hinksey | 1987 |
| Casualty | Rosie Collier / Jessie Baine | 1986 |
| Screen Two | Lady Ann / Dowager | 1985 |
| Miss Marple: The Body in the Library | 1984 | |
| Screamtime | Mildred / Mildred Hurley | 1983 |
| Q.E.D. | Aunt Effie - Lady Euphemia Martin | 1982 |
| Tenko | Lady Jocelyn 'Joss' Holbrook / Jocelyn Holbrook / Lady Jocelyn "Joss" Holbrook | 1981 |
| The Lady Vanishes | Baroness / Baroness Katharine von Kisling | 1979 |
| Oil Strike North | Mrs. Douglas | 1975 |
| Dear Parents | Mrs. G. Ward | 1973 |
| The Adventures of Black Beauty | Mrs. Jameson | 1972 |
| The Brothers | Mary Hammond | 1972 |
| Alberte | Mrs. Digby | 1972 |
| The Night Digger | Mrs. Millicent McMurtrey | 1971 |
| Little Women | Aunt March | 1970 |
| Codename | Penelope Blanshard | 1970 |
| Wicked Women | Mrs. Wallace | 1970 |
| Brotherly Love | Matron | 1970 |
| Paul Temple | Marthe | 1969 |
| The Borderers | Lady Grizel | 1968 |
| The Tenant of Wildfell Hall | Mrs. Maxwell | 1968 |
| Half a Sixpence | Lady Botting | 1967 |
| Jackanory | Storyteller | 1965 |
| Buddenbrooks | Frau Consul | 1965 |
| BBC Play of the Month | Miss Ramsden | 1965 |
| The Wednesday Play | Mrs. Grant | 1964 |
| Silent Playground | Mrs. Lacey | 1963 |
| The Three Lives of Thomasina | Mrs. MacKenzie | 1963 |
| Dr. Finlay's Casebook | Lady Mary McDowell / Maggie Rankin / Mrs. Davidson / Mrs. Gordon | 1962 |
| Lisa | Mrs. Jongman | 1962 |
| Wuthering Heights | Ellen | 1962 |
| Waltz of the Toreadors | Agnes | 1962 |
| Ghost Squad | Tante Marie | 1961 |
| Spare the Rod | Mrs. Pond | 1961 |
| Maigret | Madame Gallet | 1959 |
| The Odd Man | Miss Twilight | 1960 |
| Police Surgeon | Miss Pears | 1960 |
| Armchair Mystery Theatre | Meg | 1960 |
| Solomon and Sheba | Takyan | 1959 |
| SOS Pacific | Miss Shaw | 1959 |
| No Hiding Place | Mrs. Evesham | 1959 |
| Interpol Calling | Nun | 1959 |
| The Third Man | Lady Fiona | 1959 |
| A Night to Remember | Stuffy Lady in Lifeboat | 1958 |
| Heart of a Child | Maria | 1958 |
| Lucky Jim | Mrs. Welch | 1957 |
| The Railway Children | Mother | 1957 |
| The Barretts of Wimpole Street | Wilson | 1957 |
| Robbery Under Arms | Ma Marston | 1957 |
| Armchair Theatre | Nanny / Mrs. Harrogate / Mrs. Bell | 1956 |
| A Town Like Alice | Miss Horsefall | 1956 |
| Ett kungligt äventyr | Diana Masefield | 1956 |
| The Secret Tent | Mrs. Martyn | 1956 |
| ITV Play of the Week | Aggie MacDonald / Edith Morfield / Miss Peering / Mrs. Baird, John's mother | 1955 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Mrs. MacKenzie | 1954 |
| Lease of Life | Miss Calthorp | 1954 |
| The Vise | Marion | 1954 |
| Young and Willing | Policewoman in Court | 1954 |
| The Little Kidnappers | Grandma MacKenzie | 1953 |
| The Pleasure Garden | Aunt Minerva | 1953 |
| Johnny on the Run | Mrs. MacIntyre | 1953 |
| Both Sides of the Law | Miss Haversham - Store Detective | 1953 |
| Shadow and Substance | Miss Jemima Cooney | 1953 |
| Terror on a Train | Matron | 1953 |
| Rheingold Theatre | Sister Charing / Mrs. Taggoria | 1953 |
| The Brave Don't Cry | Mrs. Sloan | 1952 |
| High Treason | Woman in Street | 1951 |
| Life in Her Hands | Night Sister | 1951 |
| The Franchise Affair | Miss Tuff | 1951 |
| White Corridors | Sister Gater | 1951 |
| Seven Days to Noon | Mother at Train Station | 1950 |
| Naughty Arlette | Miss Sankey | 1949 |
| Elizabeth of Ladymead | 1948 | |
| Bond Street | Dress Shop Assistant | 1948 |
| The Mark of Cain | Extra | 1947 |
