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).

Filmography (94 Appearances)

Willow

2022

Grantchester

2014

Outlier

2014

The Last Post

2011

Upstairs Downstairs

2010

The Heavy

2010

Crooked House

2008

Sense and Sensibility

2008

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

2007

The One Show

2006

Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder

2004

The Paul O'Grady Show

2004

After Upstairs Downstairs

2002

Monarch

2000

The Ghost Hunter

2000

Holby City

1999

Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse

1997

Kavanagh Q.C.

1995

Fatherland

1994

The All New Alexei Sayle Show

1994

Adam Bede

1992

Bejewelled

1991

Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!

1990

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

1989

Doctor Who: Battlefield

1989

Danny the Champion of the World

1989

No Strings

1989

Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie

1988

Willow

1988

Return to Oz

1985

The Corsican Brothers

1985

Royal Variety Performance 1984

1984

Murder, She Wrote

1984

Tales from the Darkside

1984

Master of the Game

1984

Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks

1984

9 to 5

1982

Goliath Awaits

1981

See China and Die

1981

The Changeling

1980

Trapper John, M.D.

1979

The Love Boat

1977

The Eagle Has Landed

1976

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

1974

Dark Places

1973

The Persuaders!

1973

The Waltons

1972

Frenzy

1972

A Day in the Death of Joe Egg

1972

Skin Deep

1971

Upstairs, Downstairs

1971

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

1971

The Persuaders!

1971

Jane Eyre

1970

Play for Today

1970

UFO

1970

Department S

1969

The Limbo Line

1969

A Bit of Crucifixion, Father

1968

Hawaii Five-O

1968

The Expert

1968

The Dick Cavett Show

1968

Charlie Bubbles

1968

The Informer

1966

Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan

1965

Thirty-Minute Theatre

1965

Doctor Who: The Crusade

1965

Gideon's Way

1965

The Wednesday Play

1964

Face of a Stranger

1964

Story Parade

1964

Detective

1964

Doctor Who

1963

Unearthly Stranger

1963

Cleopatra

1963

Heart to Heart

1962

The Saint

1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone

1961

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

The Horsemasters

1961

The Rebel

1961

Danger Man

1960

Back to Back

1959

The Moon and Sixpence

1959

The Third Man

1959

The Twilight Zone

1959

Edgar Wallace Mysteries

1959

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954

The Love Lottery

1954

The Limping Man

1953 Debut

Omnibus

1952

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951
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