Jean Marsh
Acting • Born 1934-07-01 – Died 2025-04-13
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).
Filmography
101 credits
Frenzy
Movie • 1972
Monica Barling
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Movie • 2007
Self
See China and Die
Movie • 1981
Sally Hackman
Willow
Movie • 1988
Queen Bavmorda
Fatherland
Movie • 1994
Anna von Hagen
The Eagle Has Landed
Movie • 1976
Joanna Grey
Return to Oz
Movie • 1985
Nurse Wilson / Mombi
The Changeling
Movie • 1980
Joanna Russell
The Heavy
Movie • 2010
Mrs. Mason
A Bit of Crucifixion, Father
Movie • 1968
Edna
Danny the Champion of the World
Movie • 1989
Miss Hunter
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Movie • 1989
Morgana
The Limping Man
Movie • 1953
Landlady's Daughter
Dark Places
Movie • 1973
Victoria
Unearthly Stranger
Movie • 1963
Miss Ballard
UFO: Radar contact... They're landing!
Movie • 1974
The Corsican Brothers
Movie • 1985
Mazzere
Monarch
Movie • 2000
The Queens
Adam Bede
Movie • 1992
Lisbeth Bede
The Persuaders!
Movie • 1973
Nicola
Outlier
Movie • 2014
Lilith Winterbottom
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
Movie • 1961
Party Guest (uncredited)
Doctor Who: Battlefield
Movie • 1989
Morgaine
Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse
Movie • 1997
Thyrza Grey
Face of a Stranger
Movie • 1964
Grace
Bejewelled
Movie • 1991
Barbara
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
Movie • 1966
Sara Kingdom
The Horsemasters
Movie • 1961
Andrienne
The Horsemasters
Movie • 1961
Ingrid
Charlie Bubbles
Movie • 1968
Waitress (uncredited)
Skin Deep
Movie • 1971
Madeleine Walsh
Heart to Heart
Movie • 1962
Peggy Mann
Back to Back
Movie • 1959
Caroline
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
Movie • 1988
Self
The Last Post
Movie • 2011
Colette
Jane Eyre
Movie • 1970
Mrs. Rochester
The Rebel
Movie • 1961
Strange Woman at Party (Uncredited)
The Limbo Line
Movie • 1969
Doctor Who: The Crusade
Movie • 1965
Joanna
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
Movie • 1972
Mother on moonrocket
The Moon and Sixpence
Movie • 1959
Ata
Cleopatra
Movie • 1963
Octavia (uncredited)
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
Movie • 1990
Self (archive footage)
The Love Lottery
Movie • 1954
Dancer in Sally's Dream (uncredited)
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
Movie • 1984
Sara Kingdom (archive footage) (uncredited)
Royal Variety Performance 1984
Movie • 1984
After Upstairs Downstairs
Movie • 2002
Self
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Glenda Highsmith
Upstairs, Downstairs
TV • 1971
Rose Buck
Department S
TV • 1969
Agatha Pollen
Trapper John, M.D.
TV • 1979
Danger Man
TV • 1960
Kim Russell
The One Show
TV • 2006
Self - Guest
Doctor Who
TV • 1963
Sara Kingdom
Hawaii Five-O
TV • 1968
Sister Harmony
Gideon's Way
TV • 1965
Sandra Casey
The Persuaders!
TV • 1971
Nicola
UFO
TV • 1970
Janna
The Paul O'Grady Show
TV • 2004
Self
The Saint
TV • 1962
Anne Kirby
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1959
Alicia
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Mazzere
9 to 5
TV • 1982
Roz Keith
The Expert
TV • 1968
Sybil Houghton
No Strings
TV • 1989
Rosie Tindall
The All New Alexei Sayle Show
TV • 1994
Tales from the Darkside
TV • 1984
Joan Matlin
Upstairs Downstairs
TV • 2010
Rose Buck
Doctor Who
TV • 1963
Morgaine
Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder
TV • 2004
Violet Sidney
Upstairs, Downstairs
TV • 1971
self
Holby City
TV • 1999
Vera Engells
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
Willow
TV • 2022
Queen Bavmorda
Master of the Game
TV • 1984
Mrs. Talley
Gideon's Way
TV • 1965
Elspeth McCrae
The Saint
TV • 1962
Maria
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
TV • 1971
Mrs. Vanrenen
The Dick Cavett Show
TV • 1968
Self - Guest
Goliath Awaits
TV • 1981
Dr. Goldman
The Saint
TV • 1962
Helen Phillips
Play for Today
TV • 1970
Madeleine Walsh
The Ghost Hunter
TV • 2000
Mrs Croker
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Celia Hoffman
The Waltons
TV • 1972
Hilary von Kleist
Grantchester
TV • 2014
Daisy Livingstone
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
Story Parade
TV • 1964
Lorraine
The Third Man
TV • 1959
Helene
The Informer
TV • 1966
Sylvia Parrish
Sense and Sensibility
TV • 2008
Mrs Ferrars
Crooked House
TV • 2008
Lady Constance de Momery
Kavanagh Q.C.
TV • 1995
Lady Tibbit
Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV • 1965
Alex
The Wednesday Play
TV • 1964
Edna
Detective
TV • 1964
Julie Oliver
The Saint
TV • 1962
Ann
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self
Edgar Wallace Mysteries
TV • 1959
Grace
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1954
Andrienne
Omnibus
TV • 1952
Mimi in 'La Boheme'