Jean Anderson
Biography
Jean Anderson was an English actress who trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art from 1926 to 1928 and went on to a long career on stage, television and film. Born in Eastbourne and raised in Guildford, she made her professional debut in 1929 in Many Waters at the Prince's Theatre in Bristol and later played Lady Macbeth in Leeds. She spent three years with Lord Longford's company at the Gate Theatre in Dublin, and after returning to London in 1940 she ran the Players' Theatre Club for the rest of the war. Her first television appearance came in 1947, and she became best known for playing Mary Hammond in The Brothers and Lady Jocelyn Holbrook in Tenko. She appeared in 46 films. Her last stage work was Harlequinade in 1988, and her last television work was Keeping Mum in 1998.
93years old at death
- Born Eastbourne
- Died Edenhall
- Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
- Also credited as Mary Jean Heriot Powell
Movie Career
- Films
- 6
- Career span
- 10 years1953 to 1963
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Vincent Winter2 films together, 1953 to 1963
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