Jean Anderson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jean Anderson

British actress

Date of Birth: 12-Dec-1907

Place of Birth: Eastbourne, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 01-Apr-2001

Profession: actor, film actor

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

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