Name
Jean Marsh
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1934-07-01
Deathday
2025-04-13 (91 years old)
Place of Birth
Stoke Newington, London, England, UK
Biography
Jean Lyndsey Torren Marsh (1 July 1934 – 13 April 2025) was an English actress and writer. Born in London, Jean Marsh became interested in show business while taking dancing and mime classes as therapy for a childhood illness. After attending a charm school and working as a model, she started acting in repertory and took voice lessons. Her repertory work was supplemented by a number of film appearances as a dancer. She then spent three years in America, appearing in Sir John Gielgud's Broadway production of "Much Ado About Nothing" and numerous TV shows, including an episode of "The Twilight Zone"(1959). Returning to London, she won roles on stage, film and TV. It was during this period that she appeared in "Doctor Who" (1963), first as Princess Joanna in "The Crusade" and then as Sara Kingdom in "The Daleks' Master Plan." In the early 1970s she co-created and starred in LWT's "Upstairs, Downstairs" (1971). Since then she has maintained a very busy career in the theatre, on TV - including a starring role in the US sitcom "9 to 5"(1982) and films such as Return to Oz (1985) and Willow (1988). She also co-created another successful series, "The House of Eliott" (1991).
Known For
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- 1972 Frenzy as Monica Barling
- 2007 The 50 Greatest Television Dramas as Self
- 1981 See China and Die as Sally Hackman
- 1988 Willow as Queen Bavmorda
- 1994 Fatherland as Anna von Hagen
- 1976 The Eagle Has Landed as Joanna Grey
- 1985 Return to Oz as Nurse Wilson / Mombi
- 1980 The Changeling as Joanna Russell
- 2010 The Heavy as Mrs. Mason
- 1968 A Bit of Crucifixion, Father as Edna
- 1989 Danny the Champion of the World as Miss Hunter
- 1989 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court as Morgana
- 1953 The Limping Man as Landlady's Daughter
- 1973 Dark Places as Victoria
- 1963 Unearthly Stranger as Miss Ballard
- 1974 UFO: Radar contact... They're landing!
- 1985 The Corsican Brothers as Mazzere
- 2000 Monarch as The Queens
- 1992 Adam Bede as Lisbeth Bede
- 1973 The Persuaders! as Nicola
- 2014 Outlier as Lilith Winterbottom
- 1961 The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone as Party Guest (uncredited)
- 1989 Doctor Who: Battlefield as Morgaine
- 1997 Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse as Thyrza Grey
- 1964 Face of a Stranger as Grace
- 1991 Bejewelled as Barbara
- 1965 Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan as Sara Kingdom
- 1961 The Horsemasters as Andrienne
- 1961 The Horsemasters as Ingrid
- 1968 Charlie Bubbles as Waitress (uncredited)
- 1971 Skin Deep as Madeleine Walsh
- 1962 Heart to Heart as Peggy Mann
- 1959 Back to Back as Caroline
- 1988 Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie as Self
- 2011 The Last Post as Colette
- 1970 Jane Eyre as Mrs. Rochester
- 1961 The Rebel as Strange Woman at Party (Uncredited)
- 1969 The Limbo Line
- 1965 Doctor Who: The Crusade as Joanna
- 1972 A Day in the Death of Joe Egg as Mother on moonrocket
- 1959 The Moon and Sixpence as Ata
- 1963 Cleopatra as Octavia (uncredited)
- 1990 Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! as Self (archive footage)
- 1954 The Love Lottery as Dancer in Sally's Dream (uncredited)
- 1984 Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks as Sara Kingdom (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1984 Royal Variety Performance 1984
- 2002 After Upstairs Downstairs as Self
- 1984 Murder, She Wrote ( 1 episode ) as Glenda Highsmith
- 1971 Upstairs, Downstairs ( 52 episodes ) as Rose Buck
- 1969 Department S ( 1 episode ) as Agatha Pollen
- 1979 Trapper John, M.D. ( 1 episode )
- 1960 Danger Man ( 1 episode ) as Kim Russell
- 2006 The One Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1963 Doctor Who ( 8 episodes ) as Sara Kingdom
- 1968 Hawaii Five-O ( 1 episode ) as Sister Harmony
- 1965 Gideon's Way ( 1 episode ) as Sandra Casey
- 1971 The Persuaders! ( 1 episode ) as Nicola
- 1970 UFO ( 1 episode ) as Janna
- 2004 The Paul O'Grady Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1962 The Saint ( 1 episode ) as Anne Kirby
- 1959 The Twilight Zone ( 1 episode ) as Alicia
- 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as Mazzere
- 1982 9 to 5 ( 26 episodes ) as Roz Keith
- 1968 The Expert ( 1 episode ) as Sybil Houghton
- 1989 No Strings ( 7 episodes ) as Rosie Tindall
- 1994 The All New Alexei Sayle Show ( 7 episodes )
- 1984 Tales from the Darkside ( 1 episode ) as Joan Matlin
- 1963 Doctor Who ( 4 episodes ) as Morgaine
- 2004 Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder ( 1 episode ) as Violet Sidney
- 1971 Upstairs, Downstairs ( 10 episodes ) as self
- 1999 Holby City ( 1 episode ) as Vera Engells
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ( 22 episodes ) as Self
- 2022 Willow ( 1 episode ) as Queen Bavmorda
- 1984 Master of the Game ( 9 episodes ) as Mrs. Talley
- 1965 Gideon's Way ( 1 episode ) as Elspeth McCrae
- 1962 The Saint ( 1 episode ) as Maria
- 1971 The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Vanrenen
- 1968 The Dick Cavett Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1981 Goliath Awaits ( 2 episodes ) as Dr. Goldman
- 1962 The Saint ( 1 episode ) as Helen Phillips
- 1970 Play for Today ( 1 episode ) as Madeleine Walsh
- 2000 The Ghost Hunter ( 18 episodes ) as Mrs Croker
- 1977 The Love Boat ( 2 episodes ) as Celia Hoffman
- 1972 The Waltons ( 1 episode ) as Hilary von Kleist
- 2014 Grantchester ( 1 episode ) as Daisy Livingstone
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show ( 4 episodes ) as Self
- 1964 Story Parade ( 1 episode ) as Lorraine
- 1959 The Third Man ( 1 episode ) as Helene
- 1966 The Informer ( 17 episodes ) as Sylvia Parrish
- 2008 Sense and Sensibility ( 1 episode ) as Mrs Ferrars
- 2008 Crooked House ( 1 episode ) as Lady Constance de Momery
- 1995 Kavanagh Q.C. ( 1 episode ) as Lady Tibbit
- 1965 Thirty-Minute Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Alex
- 1964 Detective ( 1 episode ) as Julie Oliver
- 1962 The Saint ( 1 episode ) as Ann
- 1962 The Merv Griffin Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1959 Edgar Wallace Mysteries ( 1 episode ) as Grace
- 1954 The Wonderful World of Disney ( 2 episodes ) as Andrienne
- 1952 Omnibus ( 1 episode ) as Mimi in 'La Boheme'
- 2005 Sensitive Skin ( 4 episodes ) as Lizzie Galbraith
- 2010 Upstairs Downstairs ( 5 episodes ) as Mrs Rose Buck
- 1963 Doctor Who ( 1 episode ) as Joanna
