Rona Anderson
Rona Anderson (3 August 1926 – 23 July 2013) was a Scottish stage, film, and television actress. Her first stage appearance took place at the Garrison Theatre in April 1945. She also appeared in the original production of Whose Life Is It Anyway?. Anderson's first major film was the drama Sleeping Car to Trieste (1948).
In 1951, she married fellow actor Gordon Jackson (OBE), with whom she had appeared in Floodtide (1949). Her last major film was The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969), after which she appeared in various plays and television series. Jackson died of bone cancer on 15 January 1990 in London. The couple had two sons, Graham and Roderick.
Biography
Rona Anderson was born in Edinburgh to James and Evelyn (née Thomson) Anderson. She was educated in her home town and in Ottawa. She trained for the stage at the Glover Turner-Robertson School in Edinburgh. She married actor Gordon Jackson in 1951 after having appeared alongside him in the romantic drama Floodtide in 1949.
