Jean Marsh
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 1, 1934
- Died
- April 13, 2025
- Birthplace
- Stoke 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).
Filmography
- Outlier
Outlier 2014
as Lilith Winterbottom
The Last Post 2011
as Colette
The Heavy 2010
as Mrs. Mason
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas 2007
as Self
After Upstairs Downstairs 2002
as Self
Monarch 2000
as The Queens
Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse 1997
as Thyrza Grey
Fatherland 1994
as Anna von Hagen
Adam Bede 1992
as Lisbeth Bede
Bejewelled 1991
as Barbara
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! 1990
as Self (archive footage)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court 1989
as Morgana
Doctor Who: Battlefield 1989
as Morgaine
Danny the Champion of the World 1989
as Miss Hunter
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie 1988
as Self
Willow 1988
as Queen Bavmorda
Return to Oz 1985
as Nurse Wilson / Mombi
The Corsican Brothers 1985
as Mazzere
Royal Variety Performance 1984 1984
Actor
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks 1984
as Sara Kingdom (archive footage) (uncredited)
See China and Die 1981
as Sally Hackman
The Changeling 1980
as Joanna Russell
The Eagle Has Landed 1976
as Joanna Grey
UFO: Radar contact... They're landing! 1974
Actor
Dark Places 1973
as Victoria
The Persuaders! 1973
as Nicola
Frenzy 1972
as Monica Barling
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg 1972
as Mother on moonrocket
Skin Deep 1971
as Madeleine Walsh
Jane Eyre 1970
as Mrs. Rochester
The Limbo Line 1969
Actor
- A Bit of Crucifixion, Father
A Bit of Crucifixion, Father 1968
as Edna
Charlie Bubbles 1968
as Waitress (uncredited)
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan 1965
as Sara Kingdom
Doctor Who: The Crusade 1965
as Joanna
Face of a Stranger 1964
as Grace
Unearthly Stranger 1963
as Miss Ballard
Cleopatra 1963
as Octavia (uncredited)
Heart to Heart 1962
as Peggy Mann
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone 1961
as Party Guest (uncredited)
The Horsemasters 1961
as Andrienne, as Ingrid
The Rebel 1961
as Strange Woman at Party (Uncredited)
Back to Back 1959
as Caroline
The Moon and Sixpence 1959
as Ata
The Love Lottery 1954
as Dancer in Sally's Dream (uncredited)
The Limping Man 1953
as Landlady's Daughter
Credits from TMDB.