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

  • Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • The Love Boat

    The Love Boat

  • The One Show

    The One Show

  • The Waltons

    The Waltons

  • Doctor Who

    Doctor Who

  • Doctor Who

    Doctor Who

  • The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

  • Hawaii Five-O

    Hawaii Five-O

  • Grantchester

    Grantchester

  • The Saint

    The Saint

  • The Saint

    The Saint

  • The Saint

    The Saint

  • Holby City

    Holby City

  • The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • Tales from the Darkside

    Tales from the Darkside

  • The Paul O'Grady Show

    The Paul O'Grady Show

  • UFO

    UFO

  • Trapper John, M.D.

    Trapper John, M.D.

  • The Persuaders!

    The Persuaders!

  • Upstairs, Downstairs

    Upstairs, Downstairs

  • Upstairs, Downstairs

    Upstairs, Downstairs

  • Gideon's Way

    Gideon's Way

  • Gideon's Way

    Gideon's Way

  • The Expert

    The Expert

  • Cleopatra

    Cleopatra

  • Cleopatra

    Cleopatra

  • The Eagle Has Landed

    The Eagle Has Landed

  • Willow

    Willow

  • Jane Eyre

    Jane Eyre

  • Danger Man

    Danger Man

  • Sense and Sensibility

    Sense and Sensibility

  • Unearthly Stranger

    Unearthly Stranger

  • Skin Deep

    Skin Deep

  • The Third Man

    The Third Man

  • Fatherland

    Fatherland

  • Willow

    Willow

  • Dark Places

    Dark Places

  • Department S

    Department S

  • The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

    The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

  • The Heavy

    The Heavy

  • The Persuaders!

    The Persuaders!

  • Charlie Bubbles

    Charlie Bubbles

  • Return to Oz

    Return to Oz

  • Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie

    Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie

  • The Changeling

    The Changeling

  • 9 to 5

    9 to 5

  • Adam Bede

    Adam Bede

  • The Rebel

    The Rebel

  • Monarch

    Monarch

  • A Day in the Death of Joe Egg

    A Day in the Death of Joe Egg

  • Story Parade

    Story Parade

  • The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone

    The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone

  • Master of the Game

    Master of the Game

  • A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

    A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

  • Outlier

    Outlier

  • The Love Lottery

    The Love Lottery

  • Crooked House

    Crooked House

  • Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!

    Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!

  • The Limbo Line

    The Limbo Line

  • Upstairs Downstairs

    Upstairs Downstairs

  • The Limping Man

    The Limping Man

  • Goliath Awaits

    Goliath Awaits

  • Frenzy

    Frenzy

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Bejewelled

    Bejewelled

  • Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks

    Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks

  • No Strings

    No Strings

  • Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse

    Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse

  • Doctor Who: The Crusade

    Doctor Who: The Crusade

  • The Ghost Hunter

    The Ghost Hunter

  • The Corsican Brothers

    The Corsican Brothers

  • See China and Die

    See China and Die

  • The Informer

    The Informer

  • Danny the Champion of the World

    Danny the Champion of the World

  • After Upstairs Downstairs

    After Upstairs Downstairs

  • Face of a Stranger

    Face of a Stranger

  • The All New Alexei Sayle Show

    The All New Alexei Sayle Show

  • Doctor Who: Battlefield

    Doctor Who: Battlefield

  • Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder

    Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder

  • The Moon and Sixpence

    The Moon and Sixpence

  • The Horsemasters

    The Horsemasters

  • The Horsemasters

    The Horsemasters

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

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

  • Heart to Heart

    Heart to Heart

  • A Bit of Crucifixion, Father

    A Bit of Crucifixion, Father

  • The Last Post

    The Last Post

  • The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

    The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

  • Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan

    Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan

  • Royal Variety Performance 1984

    Royal Variety Performance 1984

  • Back to Back

    Back to Back