Jean Marsh
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 1, 1934
- Died
- April 13, 2025 (aged 90)
- Birthplace
- 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).
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Filmography
Willow
TV · as Queen Bavmorda · 1 ep
Outlier
Movie · as Lilith Winterbottom
Grantchester
TV · as Daisy Livingstone · 1 ep
The Last Post
Movie · as Colette
The Heavy
Movie · as Mrs. Mason
Upstairs Downstairs
TV · as Mrs Rose Buck · 5 eps
Sense and Sensibility
TV · as Mrs Ferrars · 1 ep
Crooked House
TV · as Lady Constance de Momery · 1 ep
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Movie · as Self
The One Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Sensitive Skin
TV · as Lizzie Galbraith · 4 eps
The Paul O'Grady Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder
TV · as Violet Sidney · 1 ep
After Upstairs Downstairs
Movie · as Self
Monarch
Movie · as The Queens
The Ghost Hunter
TV · as Mrs Croker · 18 eps
Holby City
TV · as Vera Engells · 1 ep
Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse
Movie · as Thyrza Grey
Kavanagh Q.C.
TV · as Lady Tibbit · 1 ep
Fatherland
Movie · as Anna von Hagen
The All New Alexei Sayle Show
TV · 7 eps
Adam Bede
Movie · as Lisbeth Bede
Bejewelled
Movie · as Barbara
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Danny the Champion of the World
Movie · as Miss Hunter
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Movie · as Morgana
Doctor Who: Battlefield
Movie · as Morgaine
No Strings
TV · as Rosie Tindall · 7 eps
Willow
Movie · as Queen Bavmorda
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
Movie · as Self
Return to Oz
Movie · as Nurse Wilson / Mombi
The Corsican Brothers
Movie · as Mazzere
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
Movie · as Sara Kingdom (archive footage) (uncredited)
Royal Variety Performance 1984
Movie
Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Glenda Highsmith · 1 ep
Tales from the Darkside
TV · as Joan Matlin · 1 ep
Master of the Game
TV · as Mrs. Talley · 9 eps
9 to 5
TV · as Roz Keith · 26 eps
See China and Die
Movie · as Sally Hackman
Goliath Awaits
TV · as Dr. Goldman · 2 eps
The Changeling
Movie · as Joanna Russell
Trapper John, M.D.
TV · 1 ep
The Love Boat
TV · as Celia Hoffman · 2 eps
The Eagle Has Landed
Movie · as Joanna Grey
UFO: Radar contact... They're landing!
Movie
Dark Places
Movie · as Victoria
The Persuaders!
Movie · as Nicola
Frenzy
Movie · as Monica Barling
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
Movie · as Mother on moonrocket
The Waltons
TV · as Hilary von Kleist · 1 ep
Skin Deep
Movie · as Madeleine Walsh
Upstairs, Downstairs
TV · as Rose Buck, self · 52 eps
The Persuaders!
TV · as Nicola · 1 ep
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
TV · as Mrs. Vanrenen · 1 ep
Jane Eyre
Movie · as Mrs. Rochester
UFO
TV · as Janna · 1 ep
Play for Today
TV · as Madeleine Walsh · 1 ep
The Limbo Line
Movie
Department S
TV · as Agatha Pollen · 1 ep
Hawaii Five-O
TV · as Sister Harmony · 1 ep
A Bit of Crucifixion, Father
Movie · as Edna
Charlie Bubbles
Movie · as Waitress (uncredited)
The Expert
TV · as Sybil Houghton · 1 ep
The Dick Cavett Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Informer
TV · as Sylvia Parrish · 17 eps
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
Movie · as Sara Kingdom
Doctor Who: The Crusade
Movie · as Joanna
Gideon's Way
TV · as Sandra Casey, Elspeth McCrae · 1 ep
Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV · as Alex · 1 ep
Face of a Stranger
Movie · as Grace
Story Parade
TV · as Lorraine · 1 ep
Detective
TV · as Julie Oliver · 1 ep
Unearthly Stranger
Movie · as Miss Ballard
Cleopatra
Movie · as Octavia (uncredited)
Doctor Who
TV · as Sara Kingdom, Morgaine, Joanna · 8 eps
Heart to Heart
Movie · as Peggy Mann
The Saint
TV · as Anne Kirby, Maria, Helen Phillips · 1 ep
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 22 eps
The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
Movie · as Party Guest (uncredited)
The Horsemasters
Movie · as Andrienne, Ingrid
The Rebel
Movie · as Strange Woman at Party (Uncredited)
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Danger Man
TV · as Kim Russell · 1 ep
Back to Back
Movie · as Caroline
The Moon and Sixpence
Movie · as Ata
The Twilight Zone
TV · as Alicia · 1 ep
The Third Man
TV · as Helene · 1 ep
Edgar Wallace Mysteries
TV · as Grace · 1 ep
The Love Lottery
Movie · as Dancer in Sally's Dream (uncredited)
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV · as Andrienne · 2 eps
The Limping Man
Movie · as Landlady's Daughter
Omnibus
TV · as Mimi in 'La Boheme' · 1 ep
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Mazzere · 1 ep