Jean Marsh
Born: 1934-07-01 in Stoke Newington, London, England, UK
Died: 2025-04-13
Known For: Acting
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).
Filmography
2022
- Willow as Queen Bavmorda
2014
- Grantchester as Daisy Livingstone
- Outlier as Lilith Winterbottom
2011
- The Last Post as Colette
2010
- Upstairs Downstairs as Rose Buck
- The Heavy as Mrs. Mason
2008
- Sense and Sensibility as Mrs Ferrars
- Crooked House as Lady Constance de Momery
2007
2006
- The One Show as Self - Guest
2004
- The Paul O'Grady Show as Self
- Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder as Violet Sidney
2002
- After Upstairs Downstairs as Self
2000
- The Ghost Hunter as Mrs Croker
- Monarch as The Queens
1999
- Holby City as Vera Engells
1997
- Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse as Thyrza Grey
1995
- Kavanagh Q.C. as Lady Tibbit
1994
- Fatherland as Anna von Hagen
- The All New Alexei Sayle Show
1992
- Adam Bede as Lisbeth Bede
1991
- The House of Eliott ... (Creator)
- Bejewelled as Barbara
1990
- Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! as Self (archive footage)
1989
- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court as Morgana
- Danny the Champion of the World as Miss Hunter
- No Strings as Rosie Tindall
- Doctor Who: Battlefield as Morgaine
1988
- Willow as Queen Bavmorda
- Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie as Self
1985
- Return to Oz as Nurse Wilson / Mombi
- The Corsican Brothers as Mazzere
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Glenda Highsmith
- Tales from the Darkside as Joan Matlin
- Master of the Game as Mrs. Talley
- Royal Variety Performance 1984
- Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks as Sara Kingdom (archive footage) (uncredited)
1982
- 9 to 5 as Roz Keith
1981
- Goliath Awaits as Dr. Goldman
- See China and Die as Sally Hackman
1980
- The Changeling as Joanna Russell
1979
1977
- The Love Boat as Celia Hoffman
1976
- The Eagle Has Landed as Joanna Grey
1973
- Dark Places as Victoria
- The Persuaders! as Nicola
1972
- The Waltons as Hilary von Kleist
- Frenzy as Monica Barling
- A Day in the Death of Joe Egg as Mother on moonrocket
1971
- The Persuaders! as Nicola
- Upstairs, Downstairs as Rose Buck
- The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes as Mrs. Vanrenen
- Skin Deep as Madeleine Walsh
1970
- Play for Today as Madeleine Walsh
- UFO as Janna
- Jane Eyre as Mrs. Rochester
1969
- Department S as Agatha Pollen
- The Limbo Line
1968
- Hawaii Five-O as Sister Harmony
- The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
- The Expert as Sybil Houghton
- Charlie Bubbles as Waitress (uncredited)
- A Bit of Crucifixion, Father as Edna
1966
- The Informer as Sylvia Parrish
1965
- Gideon's Way as Sandra Casey
- Thirty-Minute Theatre as Alex
- Doctor Who: The Crusade as Joanna
- Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan as Sara Kingdom
1964
- The Wednesday Play as Edna
- Detective as Julie Oliver
- Story Parade as Lorraine
- Face of a Stranger as Grace
1963
- Doctor Who as Sara Kingdom
- Cleopatra as Octavia (uncredited)
- Unearthly Stranger as Miss Ballard
1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- The Saint as Anne Kirby
- The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- Heart to Heart as Peggy Mann
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- The Rebel as Strange Woman at Party (Uncredited)
- The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone as Party Guest (uncredited)
- The Horsemasters as Andrienne
1960
- Danger Man as Kim Russell
1959
- The Twilight Zone as Alicia
- The Third Man as Helene
- Edgar Wallace Mysteries as Grace
- The Moon and Sixpence as Ata
- Back to Back as Caroline
1954
- The Wonderful World of Disney as Andrienne
- The Love Lottery as Dancer in Sally's Dream (uncredited)
1953
- The Limping Man as Landlady's Daughter
1952
- Omnibus as Mimi in 'La Boheme'
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Mazzere