Jean Marsh
Born July 01, 1934 (Age: 91)
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Stoke Newington, London, England, UK
Biography
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).
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).
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Filmography
The Last Post
2011
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as Colette
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Age: 77
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007
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as Self
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Age: 72
After Upstairs Downstairs
2002
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as Self
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Age: 68
Monarch
2000
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as The Queens
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Age: 66
Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse
1997
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as Thyrza Grey
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Age: 63
Adam Bede
1992
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as Lisbeth Bede
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Age: 57
Bejewelled
1991
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as Barbara
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Age: 56
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1989
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as Morgana
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Age: 55
Danny the Champion of the World
1989
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as Miss Hunter
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Age: 55
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
1988
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as Self
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Age: 54
Willow
1988
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as Queen Bavmorda
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Age: 53
Return to Oz
1985
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as Nurse Wilson / Mombi
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Age: 50
The Corsican Brothers
1985
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as Mazzere
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Age: 50
Royal Variety Performance 1984
1984
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as
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Age: 50
See China and Die
1981
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as Sally Hackman
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Age: 46
The Changeling
1980
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as Joanna Russell
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Age: 45
UFO: Radar contact... They're landing!
1974
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as
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Age: 40
Dark Places
1973
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as Victoria
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Age: 38
The Persuaders!
1973
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as Nicola
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Age: 38
Frenzy
1972
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as Monica Barling
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Age: 37
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
1972
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as Mother on moonrocket
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Age: 37
Skin Deep
1971
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as Madeleine Walsh
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Age: 37
The Limbo Line
1969
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as
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Age: 34
No Image
A Bit of Crucifixion, Father
1968
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as Edna
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Age: 34
Face of a Stranger
1964
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as Grace
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Age: 30
Unearthly Stranger
1963
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as Miss Ballard
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Age: 29
Cleopatra
1963
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as Octavia (uncredited)
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Age: 28
Heart to Heart
1962
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as Peggy Mann
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Age: 28
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
1961
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as Party Guest (uncredited)
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Age: 27
The Horsemasters
1961
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as Andrienne
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Age: 27
The Rebel
1961
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as Strange Woman at Party (Uncredited)
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Age: 26
Back to Back
1959
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as Caroline
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Age: 25
The Moon and Sixpence
1959
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as Ata
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Age: 25
The Love Lottery
1954
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as Dancer in Sally's Dream (uncredited)
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Age: 19
The Limping Man
1953
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as Landlady's Daughter
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Age: 19