Jean Marsh
Acting
- Born:
- 1934-07-01
- Died:
- 2025-04-13
- 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
Filmography
Willow
Grantchester
Outlier
The Last Post
Upstairs Downstairs
The Heavy
Crooked House
Sense and Sensibility
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
The One Show
Sensitive Skin
Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder
The Paul O'Grady Show
After Upstairs Downstairs
Monarch
The Ghost Hunter
Holby City
Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse
Kavanagh Q.C.
Fatherland
The All New Alexei Sayle Show
Adam Bede
Bejewelled
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Doctor Who: Battlefield
Danny the Champion of the World
No Strings
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
Willow
Return to Oz
The Corsican Brothers
Royal Variety Performance 1984
Murder, She Wrote
Tales from the Darkside
Master of the Game
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
9 to 5
Goliath Awaits
See China and Die
The Changeling
Trapper John, M.D.
The Love Boat
The Eagle Has Landed
UFO: Radar contact... They're landing!
Dark Places
The Persuaders!
The Waltons
Frenzy
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
Skin Deep
Upstairs, Downstairs
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
The Persuaders!
Jane Eyre
Play for Today
UFO
Department S
Hawaii Five-O
The Limbo Line
A Bit of Crucifixion, Father
The Expert
The Dick Cavett Show
Charlie Bubbles
The Informer
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Doctor Who: The Crusade
Gideon's Way
Face of a Stranger
Story Parade
Detective
Doctor Who
Unearthly Stranger
Cleopatra
Heart to Heart
The Saint
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Merv Griffin Show
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
The Mike Douglas Show
The Horsemasters
The Rebel
Danger Man
Back to Back
The Moon and Sixpence
The Twilight Zone
The Third Man
Edgar Wallace Mysteries
The Wonderful World of Disney
The Love Lottery
The Limping Man
Omnibus
Hallmark Hall of Fame