Jean Marsh
Actor
Born July 1, 1934 in 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
Willow
Queen Bavmorda
Grantchester
Daisy Livingstone
The Last Post
Colette
Upstairs Downstairs
Mrs Rose Buck
The Heavy
Mrs. Mason
Crooked House
Lady Constance de Momery
Sense and Sensibility
Mrs Ferrars
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Self
The One Show
Self - Guest
Sensitive Skin
Lizzie Galbraith
Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder
Violet Sidney
The Paul O'Grady Show
Self
After Upstairs Downstairs
Self
Monarch
The Queens
The Ghost Hunter
Mrs Croker
Holby City
Vera Engells
Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse
Thyrza Grey
Kavanagh Q.C.
Lady Tibbit
Fatherland
Anna von Hagen
The All New Alexei Sayle Show
Adam Bede
Lisbeth Bede
The House of Eliott
Bejewelled
Barbara
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
Self (archive footage)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Morgana
Doctor Who: Battlefield
Morgaine
Danny the Champion of the World
Miss Hunter
No Strings
Rosie Tindall
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
Self
Willow
Queen Bavmorda
Return to Oz
Nurse Wilson / Mombi
The Corsican Brothers
Mazzere
Royal Variety Performance 1984
Murder, She Wrote
Glenda Highsmith
Tales from the Darkside
Joan Matlin
Master of the Game
Mrs. Talley
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
Sara Kingdom (archive footage) (uncredited)
9 to 5
Roz Keith
Goliath Awaits
Dr. Goldman
See China and Die
Sally Hackman
The Changeling
Joanna Russell
Trapper John, M.D.
The Love Boat
Celia Hoffman
The Eagle Has Landed
Joanna Grey
UFO: Radar contact... They're landing!
Dark Places
Victoria
The Persuaders!
Nicola
The Waltons
Hilary von Kleist
Frenzy
Monica Barling
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
Mother on moonrocket
Skin Deep
Madeleine Walsh
Upstairs, Downstairs
Rose Buck
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Mrs. Vanrenen
The Persuaders!
Nicola
Jane Eyre
Mrs. Rochester
Play for Today
Madeleine Walsh
UFO
Janna
Department S
Agatha Pollen
The Limbo Line
Hawaii Five-O
Sister Harmony
The Expert
Sybil Houghton
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
Charlie Bubbles
Waitress (uncredited)
The Informer
Sylvia Parrish
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
Sara Kingdom
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Alex
Doctor Who: The Crusade
Joanna
Gideon's Way
Sandra Casey
Face of a Stranger
Grace
Detective
Julie Oliver
Doctor Who
Sara Kingdom
Unearthly Stranger
Miss Ballard
Cleopatra
Octavia (uncredited)
Heart to Heart
Peggy Mann
The Saint
Anne Kirby
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
Party Guest (uncredited)
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
The Horsemasters
Andrienne
The Rebel
Strange Woman at Party (Uncredited)
Danger Man
Kim Russell
Back to Back
Caroline
The Moon and Sixpence
Ata
The Twilight Zone
Alicia
The Third Man
Helene
Edgar Wallace Mysteries
Grace
The Wonderful World of Disney
Andrienne
The Love Lottery
Dancer in Sally's Dream (uncredited)
The Limping Man
Landlady's Daughter
Omnibus
Mimi in 'La Boheme'
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Mazzere