Jean Anderson (December 12, 1907 - April 1, 2001) was an English actress best known for Solomon and Sheba (1959), The Franchise Affair (1951), and The Lady Vanishes (1979).
She was married to Peter Powell and they had one child.
Anderson died in 2001 at the age of 93.
Filmography
Film Roles
- 1947: Weep For The Cyclops as Rebecca Dingley
- 1947: The Mark Of Cain as Extra (Uncredited Role)
- 1948: Bond Street as Dress Shop Assistant (uncredited)
- 1949: The Governess as Kate
- 1949: Charles And Mary as Mrs. Bracebridge
- 1949: Naughty Arlette as Miss Sankey
- 1950: Seven Days To Noon as Mother at Train Station (uncredited)
- 1951: The Franchise Affair as Miss Tuff
- 1951: White Corridors as Sister Gater
- 1951: Life In Her Hands as Night Sister
- 1951: The Fifty Mark as Aunt Stella
- 1951: High Treason as Woman in Street (uncredited)
- 1951: A Tomb With A View as Miss Heron
- 1952: The Brave Dont Cry as Mrs. Sloan
- 1953: Joeys Burglar as Mrs. Spencer
- 1953: Terror On A Train as Matron (uncredited)
- 1953: Shadow And Substance as Miss Jemima Cooney
- 1953: Both Sides Of The Law as Ms. Haversham
- 1953: Johnny On The Run as Mrs. MacIntyre
- 1953: The Little Kidnappers as Grandma MacKenzie
- 1953: Dear Octopus as Hilda Randolph
- 1954: Young And Willing as Policewoman in Court (uncredited)
- 1954: Lease Of Life as Miss Calthorp
- 1955: The Messenger 1955 as Elizabeth
- 1955: Remember Jane as Miss Temple
- 1956: Ett Kungligt Aventyr as Diana Masefield
- 1956: The Secret Tent as Mrs. Martyn
- 1956: A Town Like Alice as Miss Horsetail
- 1957: The Barretts of Wimpole Street as Wilson
- 1957: The Survivors 1957 as Jane Decker
- 1957: Lucky Jim as Mrs. Welch
- 1957: Robbery Under Arms as Ma Marston
- 1957: Dona Clarines as Dona Clarines
- 1958: Heart Of A Child as Maria
- 1958: A Night to Remember as Stuffy Lady in Lifeboat (uncredited)
- 1958: Uncertain Mercy as Miss Watson
- 1959: SOS Pacific as Miss Shaw
- 1959: Solomon and Sheba as Takyan
- 1960: A Chance To Live as Winnie Thorpe
- 1960: Someone To Talk To as Jessie Truscott
- 1961: Spare The Rod as Mrs. Pond
- 1962: Waltz Of The Toreadors as Agnes
- 1962: Wuthering Heights as Ellen
- 1962: Lisa as Mrs. Jongman
- 1962: Little Girls Never Cry as Aunt Kate
- 1963: The Three Lives of Thomasina as Mrs. MacKenzie
- 1963: Silent Playground as Mrs. Lacey
- 1966: The Heart Of Midlothian as Meg Murdockson
- 1967: Half A Sixpence as Lady Botting
- 1969: Run A Crooked Mile as Sister Teresa
- 1970: ''Brotherly Love' as Matron
- 1971: The Night Digger as Mrs. Millicent McMurtrey
- 1973: Carl Genitori as Mrs. G. Ward
- 1979: The Lady Vanishes as Baroness
- 1983: Screamtime as Mildred
- 1986: The Good Doctor Bodkin Adams as Mrs. Langton-Jones
- 1987: Miss Marple Sleeping Murder as Mrs. Fane
- 1988: Madame Sousatzka as Lady with Removal Men
- 1989: Back Home as Grandmother Dickinson
- 1991: The Black Velvet Gown as Madame Gullmington
- 1992: Leon The Pig Farmer as Mrs. Samuels
- 1992: The Bogie Man as Mrs. Napier
- 1993: Diana Her True Story as Lady Fermoy
- 1994: The Whipping Boy as Queen Mum
- 1999: Simon Magus as Roise
- 1999: The Harpist as Mrs. Merz
- 2000: Endgame as Nell
Television Roles
- 1951: The Railway Children as Mother
- 1952-1959: BBC Sunday Night Theatre as Mrs. Daly/Jennie Ogilvie/Mary Brodribb/Aunt Columba/Adeline Whiteoak/Miss Gray/Edith (7 episodes)
- 1954-1956: Rheingold Theatre as Sister Charing/Mrs. Taggoria (2 episodes)
- 1956-1962: ITV Play Of The Week as Edith Morefield/Aggie MacDonald/Mrs. Baird/Miss Peering (5 episodes)
- 1957: The Railway Children as Mother
- 1958: African Patrol as Linda Newton
- 1959: No Hiding Place as Mrs. Evesham
- 1959: Interpol Calling as Nun
- 1959: The Vise as Marion
- 1959-1960: Saturday Playhouse as Amy Widecombe/Miss Figgis (2 episodes)
- 1960: Armchair Mystery Theatre as Meg
- 1960: Knight Errant Limited as Mrs. Smith
- 1960: Police Surgeon as Miss Pears
- 1960: Maigret as Madame Gallet
- 1960-1962: BBC Sunday Night Play as Barbe/Hilda Randolph (2 episodes)
- 1961: Somerset Maugham Hour as Mrs. Hannay
- 1961: Doctor Knock as Madame Pons
- 1961: Ghost Squad as Tante Marie
- 1961-1971: Armchair Theatre as Mrs. Harrogate/Nanny/Mrs. Bell (3 episodes)
- 1962: Suspense as Miss Reid
- 1963: The Odd Man as Miss Twilight
- 1963: Moonstrike as Madame
- 1963: The Third Man as Lady Fiona
- 1963: Lorna Doone as Mrs. Ridd
- 1964: Smugglers Bay as Aunt Jane
- 1964: Thursday Theatre as Monica Pleydon MP
- 1964: The Wednesday Play as Mrs. Grant
- 1964: The Sullavan Brothers as Mrs. Lamorbay
- 1964-1967: Dr Finlays Casebook as Lady Mary McDowell/Mrs. Davidson/Maggie Rankin/Mrs. Gordon (4 episodes)
- 1965: Alexander Graham Bell 1965 as Jeannie MacEwan
- 1965: Jury Room as Mrs. Jenkins
- 1965: Buddenbrooks as Frau Consul
- 1966: Jackanory as Storyteller
- 1966: This Man Craig as Miss Dougall
- 1967: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 1967 as Ada Grey
- 1967: Look and Read as Miss Brown
- 1967: St Ives as Miss Gilchrist
- 1968: Late Night Horror as Mrs. Redvale
- 1968: BBC Play Of The Month as Miss Ramsden
- 1969: The Tenant Of Wildfell Hall as Mrs. Maxwell
- 1970: The Borderers as Lady Grizel
- 1970: Wicked Women as Mrs. Wallace
- 1970: Kate as Pamela Stenton
- 1970: Paul Temple as Marthe
- 1970: Codename as Penelope Blanshard
- 1970: Bachelor Father as Mrs. Jenkins
- 1970: Little Women as Aunt March
- 1971: Fathers And Sons as Princess Natasha
- 1972: Alberte as Mrs. Digby
- 1972: The Adventures Of Black Beauty as M Rs. Jameson
- 1972: Snoop as Great Aunt Anne
- 1972-1976: The Brothers as Mary Hammond
- 1975: Late Call as Voice #1
- 1975: Oil Strike North as Mrs. Douglas
- 1980: The ITV Play as Charlotte Ardsley
- 1981: A Chance To Sit Down as Dolly
- 1982: QED as Aunt Effie
- 1982-1984: Tenko as Lady Jocelyn 'Joss Holbrook (20 episodes)
- 1983: Tears Before Bedtime as Jean
- 1985: Summer Season as Miss McLeod
- 1989: Mystery Campion as Belle Lafcadio
- 1990: Screen One as Molly Cowper
- 1990-1991: Screen Two as Lady Ann/Dowager (2 episodes)
- 1990-1996: CASUAL+Y as Jessie Baine/Rosie Caller (2 episodes)
- 1991: Tonight At 830 as Aunt Martha
- 1991: G.B.H. as Dr. Goldup
- 1991: The House of Eliott as Mrs. Spenser-Ewell
- 1991: Keeping Up Appearances as Mrs. Forescue
- 1991: Trainer as Harriet Grey
- 1992: Heartbeat as Victoria Wainwright
- 1993: Inspector Morse as Lady Hinksey
- 1993: Rab C. Nesbitt as Mrs. Monteith
- 1994: Moonacre as Miss Heliotrope
- 1994: Second Thoughts as Hermione
- 1994: Mission Top Secret as Aunt Edith Cranberry
- 1995-1996: Doctor Finlay as Mrs. Stirling
- 1996: Family Money as Dolores
- 1997: Rebecca as Grandma
- 1997: The Uninvited as Elizabeth Madigan
- 1997: The Beggar Bride as Lady Alice Hurleston
- 1998: Hetty Wainthropp Investigates as Alice Marsden
- 1998: Keeping Mum as Norma
Shorts
- 1951: Out Of True as Dr. Bell
- 1953: The Pleasure Garden 1953 as Aunt Minerva
- 1957: The Kentish Robin as Queen Elizabeth I
Theatre Roles
- 1987: Les Liaisons Dangereuses as Madame de Rosemonde
Self
- 1985: This Is Your Life
