Jean Marsh

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

93

Gender

Female

Birthday

1934-07-01

Day of death

2025-04-13 (90 years old)

Place of Birth

Stoke Newington, London, England, UK

Jean Marsh

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

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • Holby City

    Holby City

  • Doctor Who

    Doctor Who

  • Doctor Who

    Doctor Who

  • Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

  • The One Show

    The One Show

  • The Love Boat

    The Love Boat

  • The Waltons

    The Waltons

  • Hawaii Five-O

    Hawaii Five-O

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • The Saint

    The Saint

  • The Saint

    The Saint

  • The Saint

    The Saint

  • The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

  • Trapper John, M.D.

    Trapper John, M.D.

  • The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

  • Tales from the Darkside

    Tales from the Darkside

  • 9 to 5

    9 to 5

  • Grantchester

    Grantchester

  • Upstairs, Downstairs

    Upstairs, Downstairs

  • Upstairs, Downstairs

    Upstairs, Downstairs

  • The Paul O'Grady Show

    The Paul O'Grady Show

  • The Persuaders!

    The Persuaders!

  • The Expert

    The Expert

  • UFO

    UFO

  • The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

    The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

  • The Third Man

    The Third Man

  • Willow

    Willow

  • The Eagle Has Landed

    The Eagle Has Landed

  • Gideon's Way

    Gideon's Way

  • Gideon's Way

    Gideon's Way

  • Danger Man

    Danger Man

  • A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

    A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

  • Sense and Sensibility

    Sense and Sensibility

  • Danny the Champion of the World

    Danny the Champion of the World

  • Story Parade

    Story Parade

  • Department S

    Department S

  • Frenzy

    Frenzy

  • See China and Die

    See China and Die

  • Cleopatra

    Cleopatra

  • Cleopatra

    Cleopatra

  • The Limping Man

    The Limping Man

  • Unearthly Stranger

    Unearthly Stranger

  • Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!

    Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!

  • Upstairs Downstairs

    Upstairs Downstairs

  • Willow

    Willow

  • The Changeling

    The Changeling

  • Fatherland

    Fatherland

  • The Love Lottery

    The Love Lottery

  • Jane Eyre

    Jane Eyre

  • The Heavy

    The Heavy

  • The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone

    The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone

  • Adam Bede

    Adam Bede

  • The Limbo Line

    The Limbo Line

  • The Corsican Brothers

    The Corsican Brothers

  • Goliath Awaits

    Goliath Awaits

  • Return to Oz

    Return to Oz

  • Doctor Who: The Crusade

    Doctor Who: The Crusade

  • Skin Deep

    Skin Deep

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Heart to Heart

    Heart to Heart

  • The Rebel

    The Rebel

  • The Moon and Sixpence

    The Moon and Sixpence

  • Master of the Game

    Master of the Game

  • Crooked House

    Crooked House

  • Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse

    Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse

  • Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie

    Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie

  • The Ghost Hunter

    The Ghost Hunter

  • The Persuaders!

    The Persuaders!

  • Charlie Bubbles

    Charlie Bubbles

  • The Informer

    The Informer

  • Face of a Stranger

    Face of a Stranger

  • Dark Places

    Dark Places

  • The Last Post

    The Last Post

  • Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder

    Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder

  • No Strings

    No Strings

  • A Day in the Death of Joe Egg

    A Day in the Death of Joe Egg

  • Outlier

    Outlier

  • The All New Alexei Sayle Show

    The All New Alexei Sayle Show

  • Monarch

    Monarch

  • After Upstairs Downstairs

    After Upstairs Downstairs

  • Doctor Who: Battlefield

    Doctor Who: Battlefield

  • A Bit of Crucifixion, Father

    A Bit of Crucifixion, Father

  • Bejewelled

    Bejewelled

  • Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks

    Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks

  • The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

    The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

  • The Horsemasters

    The Horsemasters

  • The Horsemasters

    The Horsemasters

  • Royal Variety Performance 1984

    Royal Variety Performance 1984

  • UFO: Radar contact... They're landing!

    UFO: Radar contact... They're landing!

  • Back to Back

    Back to Back

  • Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan

    Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan