Jean Marsh

Known for ActingBorn 1934-07-01Died 2025-04-13Stoke Newington, London, England, UK

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).Read more

Movies & web series

The Expert

Detective

Hallmark Hall of Fame

The Twilight Zone

After Upstairs Downstairs

The Persuaders!

See China and Die

Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks

A Bit of Crucifixion, Father

Story Parade

Heart to Heart

Sense and Sensibility

Back to Back

Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan

Doctor Who

Upstairs Downstairs

Upstairs, Downstairs

UFO

The Rebel

The Wonderful World of Disney

Grantchester

Murder, She Wrote

The Persuaders!

Face of a Stranger

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

Kavanagh Q.C.

Doctor Who: Battlefield

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Adam Bede

Tales from the Darkside

Edgar Wallace Mysteries

The Saint

9 to 5

Monarch

Danger Man

Willow

The Waltons

Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie

Crooked House

Hawaii Five-O

Willow

Frenzy

The Third Man

The Changeling

Jane Eyre

Goliath Awaits

Skin Deep

Cleopatra