Jean Marsh
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 1, 1934
- Died
- Apr 13, 2025 (aged 90)
- Place of birth
- Stoke Newington, London, England, UK
- Credits
- 94
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
2022TV
Queen Bavmorda
Grantchester
2014TV
Daisy Livingstone
Outlier
2014Movie
Lilith Winterbottom
The Last Post
2011Movie
Colette
Upstairs Downstairs
2010TV
Mrs Rose Buck
The Heavy
2010Movie
Mrs. Mason
Crooked House
2008TV
Lady Constance de Momery
Sense and Sensibility
2008TV
Mrs Ferrars
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007Movie
Self
The One Show
2006TV
Self - Guest
Sensitive Skin
2005TV
Lizzie Galbraith
Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder
2004TV
Violet Sidney
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004TV
Self
After Upstairs Downstairs
2002Movie
Self
Monarch
2000Movie
The Queens
The Ghost Hunter
2000TV
Mrs Croker
Holby City
1999TV
Vera Engells
Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse
1997Movie
Thyrza Grey
Kavanagh Q.C.
1995TV
Lady Tibbit
Fatherland
1994Movie
Anna von Hagen
The All New Alexei Sayle Show
1994TV
Adam Bede
1992Movie
Lisbeth Bede
Bejewelled
1991Movie
Barbara
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
1990Movie
Self (archive footage)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1989Movie
Morgana
Doctor Who: Battlefield
1989Movie
Morgaine
Danny the Champion of the World
1989Movie
Miss Hunter
No Strings
1989TV
Rosie Tindall
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
1988Movie
Self
Willow
1988Movie
Queen Bavmorda
Return to Oz
1985Movie
Nurse Wilson / Mombi
The Corsican Brothers
1985Movie
Mazzere
Royal Variety Performance 1984
1984Movie
Murder, She Wrote
1984TV
Glenda Highsmith
Tales from the Darkside
1984TV
Joan Matlin
Master of the Game
1984TV
Mrs. Talley
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
1984Movie
Sara Kingdom (archive footage) (uncredited)
9 to 5
1982TV
Roz Keith
Goliath Awaits
1981TV
Dr. Goldman
See China and Die
1981Movie
Sally Hackman
The Changeling
1980Movie
Joanna Russell
Trapper John, M.D.
1979TV
The Love Boat
1977TV
Celia Hoffman
The Eagle Has Landed
1976Movie
Joanna Grey
UFO: Radar contact... They're landing!
1974Movie
Dark Places
1973Movie
Victoria
The Persuaders!
1973Movie
Nicola
The Waltons
1972TV
Hilary von Kleist
Frenzy
1972Movie
Monica Barling
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
1972Movie
Mother on moonrocket
Skin Deep
1971Movie
Madeleine Walsh
Upstairs, Downstairs
1971TV
Rose Buck, self
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971TV
Mrs. Vanrenen
The Persuaders!
1971TV
Nicola
Jane Eyre
1970Movie
Mrs. Rochester
Play for Today
1970TV
Madeleine Walsh
UFO
1970TV
Janna
Department S
1969TV
Agatha Pollen
Hawaii Five-O
1969TV
Sister Harmony
The Limbo Line
1969Movie
A Bit of Crucifixion, Father
1968Movie
Edna
The Expert
1968TV
Sybil Houghton
The Dick Cavett Show
1968TV
Self - Guest
Charlie Bubbles
1968Movie
Waitress (uncredited)
The Informer
1966TV
Sylvia Parrish
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
1965Movie
Sara Kingdom
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965TV
Alex
Doctor Who: The Crusade
1965Movie
Joanna
Gideon's Way
1965TV
Sandra Casey, Elspeth McCrae
Face of a Stranger
1964Movie
Grace
Story Parade
1964TV
Lorraine
Detective
1964TV
Julie Oliver
Doctor Who
1963TV
Sara Kingdom, Morgaine, Joanna
Unearthly Stranger
1963Movie
Miss Ballard
Cleopatra
1963Movie
Octavia (uncredited)
Heart to Heart
1962Movie
Peggy Mann
The Saint
1962TV
Anne Kirby, Maria, Helen Phillips, Ann
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962TV
Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962TV
Self
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
1961Movie
Party Guest (uncredited)
The Mike Douglas Show
1961TV
Self
The Horsemasters
1961Movie
Andrienne, Ingrid
The Rebel
1961Movie
Strange Woman at Party (Uncredited)
Danger Man
1960TV
Kim Russell
Back to Back
1959Movie
Caroline
The Moon and Sixpence
1959Movie
Ata
The Twilight Zone
1959TV
Alicia
The Third Man
1959TV
Helene
Edgar Wallace Mysteries
1959TV
Grace
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954TV
Andrienne
The Love Lottery
1954Movie
Dancer in Sally's Dream (uncredited)
The Limping Man
1953Movie
Landlady's Daughter
Omnibus
1952TV
Mimi in 'La Boheme'
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951TV
Mazzere