Jean Marsh
Acting
1934-07-01 · 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
2022 · Series
Grantchester
2014 · Series
Outlier
2014 · Movie
The Last Post
2011 · Movie
Upstairs Downstairs
2010 · Series
The Heavy
2010 · Movie
Crooked House
2008 · Series
Sense and Sensibility
2008 · Series
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007 · Movie
The One Show
2006 · Series
Sensitive Skin
2005 · Series
Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder
2004 · Series
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004 · Series
After Upstairs Downstairs
2002 · Movie
Monarch
2000 · Movie
The Ghost Hunter
2000 · Series
Holby City
1999 · Series
Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse
1997 · Movie
Kavanagh Q.C.
1995 · Series
Fatherland
1994 · Movie
The All New Alexei Sayle Show
1994 · Series
Adam Bede
1992 · Movie
The House of Eliott
1991 · Series
Bejewelled
1991 · Movie
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
1990 · Movie
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1989 · Movie
Doctor Who: Battlefield
1989 · Movie
Danny the Champion of the World
1989 · Movie
No Strings
1989 · Series
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
1988 · Movie
Willow
1988 · Movie
Return to Oz
1985 · Movie
The Corsican Brothers
1985 · Movie
Royal Variety Performance 1984
1984 · Movie
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Series
Tales from the Darkside
1984 · Series
Master of the Game
1984 · Series
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
1984 · Movie
9 to 5
1982 · Series
Goliath Awaits
1981 · Series
See China and Die
1981 · Movie
The Changeling
1980 · Movie
Trapper John, M.D.
1979 · Series
The Love Boat
1977 · Series
The Eagle Has Landed
1976 · Movie
UFO: Radar contact... They're landing!
1974 · Movie
Dark Places
1973 · Movie
The Persuaders!
1973 · Movie
The Waltons
1972 · Series
Frenzy
1972 · Movie
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
1972 · Movie
Skin Deep
1971 · Movie
Upstairs, Downstairs
1971 · Series
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971 · Series
The Persuaders!
1971 · Series
Jane Eyre
1970 · Movie
Play for Today
1970 · Series
UFO
1970 · Series
Department S
1969 · Series
The Limbo Line
1969 · Movie
A Bit of Crucifixion, Father
1968 · Movie
Hawaii Five-O
1968 · Series
The Expert
1968 · Series
The Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Series
Charlie Bubbles
1968 · Movie
The Informer
1966 · Series
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
1965 · Movie
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · Series
Doctor Who: The Crusade
1965 · Movie
Gideon's Way
1965 · Series
Face of a Stranger
1964 · Movie
Story Parade
1964 · Series
Detective
1964 · Series
Doctor Who
1963 · Series
Unearthly Stranger
1963 · Movie
Cleopatra
1963 · Movie
Heart to Heart
1962 · Movie
The Saint
1962 · Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Series
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Series
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
1961 · Movie
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Series
The Horsemasters
1961 · Movie
The Rebel
1961 · Movie
Danger Man
1960 · Series
Back to Back
1959 · Movie
The Moon and Sixpence
1959 · Movie
The Twilight Zone
1959 · Series
The Third Man
1959 · Series
Edgar Wallace Mysteries
1959 · Series
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · Series
The Love Lottery
1954 · Movie
The Limping Man
1953 · Movie
Omnibus
1952 · Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Series