Jean Marsh

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

98

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 Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

  • The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

  • The Love Boat

    The Love Boat

  • The One Show

    The One Show

  • Doctor Who

    Doctor Who

  • Doctor Who

    Doctor Who

  • Hawaii Five-O

    Hawaii Five-O

  • The Waltons

    The Waltons

  • The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

  • The Saint

    The Saint

  • The Saint

    The Saint

  • The Saint

    The Saint

  • The Saint

    The Saint

  • Holby City

    Holby City

  • The Merv Griffin Show

    The Merv Griffin Show

  • UFO

    UFO

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • Grantchester

    Grantchester

  • Dark Places

    Dark Places

  • The Paul O'Grady Show

    The Paul O'Grady Show

  • Tales from the Darkside

    Tales from the Darkside

  • Trapper John, M.D.

    Trapper John, M.D.

  • The Persuaders!

    The Persuaders!

  • The Changeling

    The Changeling

  • Fatherland

    Fatherland

  • The Wednesday Play

    The Wednesday Play

  • The Third Man

    The Third Man

  • Willow

    Willow

  • Thirty-Minute Theatre

    Thirty-Minute Theatre

  • Outlier

    Outlier

  • Bejewelled

    Bejewelled

  • Upstairs, Downstairs

    Upstairs, Downstairs

  • Upstairs, Downstairs

    Upstairs, Downstairs

  • Danger Man

    Danger Man

  • The Expert

    The Expert

  • Willow

    Willow

  • Monarch

    Monarch

  • Gideon's Way

    Gideon's Way

  • Gideon's Way

    Gideon's Way

  • Kavanagh Q.C.

    Kavanagh Q.C.

  • Sense and Sensibility

    Sense and Sensibility

  • Cleopatra

    Cleopatra

  • Danny the Champion of the World

    Danny the Champion of the World

  • Charlie Bubbles

    Charlie Bubbles

  • The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

    The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

  • Unearthly Stranger

    Unearthly Stranger

  • 9 to 5

    9 to 5

  • Doctor Who: Battlefield

    Doctor Who: Battlefield

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks

    Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks

  • Department S

    Department S

  • The Eagle Has Landed

    The Eagle Has Landed

  • Doctor Who: The Crusade

    Doctor Who: The Crusade

  • Return to Oz

    Return to Oz

  • Detective

    Detective

  • The Limbo Line

    The Limbo Line

  • Upstairs Downstairs

    Upstairs Downstairs

  • Adam Bede

    Adam Bede

  • The Informer

    The Informer

  • Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse

    Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse

  • Master of the Game

    Master of the Game

  • Frenzy

    Frenzy

  • Story Parade

    Story Parade

  • The Heavy

    The Heavy

  • Goliath Awaits

    Goliath Awaits

  • Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder

    Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder

  • Crooked House

    Crooked House

  • Jane Eyre

    Jane Eyre

  • The Ghost Hunter

    The Ghost Hunter

  • No Strings

    No Strings

  • The Love Lottery

    The Love Lottery

  • The Corsican Brothers

    The Corsican Brothers

  • Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie

    Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie

  • The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone

    The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone

  • Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan

    Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan

  • The All New Alexei Sayle Show

    The All New Alexei Sayle Show

  • The Limping Man

    The Limping Man

  • The Persuaders!

    The Persuaders!

  • The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

    The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

  • The Rebel

    The Rebel

  • The Horsemasters

    The Horsemasters

  • The Horsemasters

    The Horsemasters

  • See China and Die

    See China and Die

  • A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

    A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

  • Royal Variety Performance 1984

    Royal Variety Performance 1984

  • Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!

    Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!

  • The Moon and Sixpence

    The Moon and Sixpence

  • Skin Deep

    Skin Deep

  • A Bit of Crucifixion, Father

    A Bit of Crucifixion, Father

  • Heart to Heart

    Heart to Heart

  • The Last Post

    The Last Post

  • Back to Back

    Back to Back

  • Face of a Stranger

    Face of a Stranger

  • A Day in the Death of Joe Egg

    A Day in the Death of Joe Egg

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

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

  • After Upstairs Downstairs

    After Upstairs Downstairs