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Jean Anderson ( 12 December 19071 April 2001 ) was an English actress born in Eastbourne , Sussex . She is best remembered for her Television roles in the 1970s BBC drama '' The Brothers '' as hard-faced matriarch Mary Hammond, and the 1980s Second World War series '' Tenko '' as rebellious aristocrat Lady Jocelyn "Joss" Holbrook.

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 '' and '' Hetty Wainthropp Investigates ''.

Film roles include: '' The Little Kidnappers '', '' A Town Like Alice '', '' Lucky Jim '', '' Robbery Under Arms '', '' Solomon And Sheba '', '' Waltz Of The Toreadors '', '' The Night Digger '', '' The Lady Vanishes '', '' Screamtime '' and '' Leon The Pig Farmer ''.


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