Jean Marsh
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).
Birthday: 01 July 1934
Birth place: Stoke Newington, London, England, UK
Known for: Acting
Movies known for
Frenzy
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
See China and Die
Willow
Cleopatra
Fatherland
The Eagle Has Landed
Return to Oz
The Changeling
The Heavy
A Bit of Crucifixion, Father
Danny the Champion of the World
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
The Limping Man
Dark Places
Unearthly Stranger
Answer Me
UFO: Radar contact... They're landing!
The Corsican Brothers
Monarch
Adam Bede
The Persuaders!
Outlier
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
Doctor Who: Battlefield
Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse
Face of a Stranger
Bejewelled
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
The Horsemasters
The Horsemasters
Charlie Bubbles
Skin Deep
Heart to Heart
Back to Back
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
The Last Post
Jane Eyre
The Rebel
The Limbo Line
Doctor Who: The Crusade
Related TV Shows
Murder, She Wrote
Upstairs, Downstairs
Department S
Trapper John, M.D.
Danger Man
The One Show
Doctor Who
Hawaii Five-O
Gideon's Way
The Persuaders!
UFO
The Paul O'Grady Show
The Saint
Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Twilight Zone
9 to 5
The Expert
No Strings
The All New Alexei Sayle Show
Crooked House
Tales from the Darkside
Upstairs Downstairs
Doctor Who
Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder
Upstairs, Downstairs
Holby City
Sense and Sensibility
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Willow
Master of the Game
Gideon's Way
The Saint
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
The Dick Cavett Show
Goliath Awaits
The Saint
Crooked House
Play for Today
The Ghost Hunter
The Love Boat
The Informer