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Jean Marsh

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Known For

90 Years Old

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).

Born

Stoke Newington, London, England, UK on 1st July 1934

Died

13th April 2025

All Credits

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The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
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The Love Boat
Celia Hoffman
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
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Holby City
Vera Engells
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Doctor Who
Morgaine
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Doctor Who
Sara Kingdom
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Danger Man
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The Paul O'Grady Show
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Trapper John, M.D.
The Mike Douglas Show Image
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
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The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Mrs. Vanrenen
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Murder, She Wrote
Glenda Highsmith
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The Waltons
Hilary von Kleist
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The Saint
Helen Phillips
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The Saint
Maria
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The Saint
Anne Kirby
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Grantchester
Daisy Livingstone
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The Twilight Zone
Alicia
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Play for Today
Madeleine Walsh
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Hawaii Five-O
Sister Harmony
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UFO
Janna
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9 to 5
Roz Keith
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The Persuaders!
Nicola
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Upstairs, Downstairs
self
Upstairs, Downstairs Image
Upstairs, Downstairs
Rose Buck
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The Third Man
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The One Show
Self - Guest
Willow Image
Willow
Queen Bavmorda
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
Mazzere
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Gideon's Way
Elspeth McCrae
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Gideon's Way
Sandra Casey
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Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder
Violet Sidney
Upstairs Downstairs Image
Upstairs Downstairs
Rose Buck
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The Expert
Sybil Houghton
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Tales from the Darkside
Joan Matlin
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Master of the Game
Mrs. Talley
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Crooked House
Lady Constance de Momery
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Crooked House
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The Ghost Hunter
Mrs Croker
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Department S
Agatha Pollen
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No Strings
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Cleopatra
Octavia (uncredited)
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Cleopatra
Octavia
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Sense and Sensibility
Mrs. Ferrars
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Willow
Queen Bavmorda
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The Changeling
Joanna Russell
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The Eagle Has Landed
Joanna Grey
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Return to Oz
Nurse Wilson / Mombi
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Story Parade
Lorraine
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Frenzy
Monica Barling
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Goliath Awaits
Dr. Goldman
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The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
Party Guest (uncredited)
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Fatherland
Anna von Hagen
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The Informer
Sylvia Parrish
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Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse
Thyrza Grey
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Jane Eyre
Mrs. Rochester
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The Rebel
Strange Woman at Party (Uncredited)
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The Heavy
Mrs. Mason
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The Love Lottery
Dancer in Sally's Dream (uncredited)
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Danny the Champion of the World
Miss Hunter
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The All New Alexei Sayle Show
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Adam Bede
Lisbeth Bede
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Dark Places
Victoria
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The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Self
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Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
Sara Kingdom
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Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
Sara Kingdom (archive footage) (uncredited)
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Morgana
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Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
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Unearthly Stranger
Miss Ballard
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Charlie Bubbles
Waitress (uncredited)
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Doctor Who: The Crusade
Joanna
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Sesame Street | Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special
Self
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See China and Die
Sally Hackman
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The Limping Man
Landlady's Daughter
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Monarch
The Queens
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A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
Mother on moonrocket
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The Moon and Sixpence
Ata
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The Persuaders!
Nicola
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Bejewelled
Barbara
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The Horsemasters
Ingrid
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The Horsemasters
Andrienne
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Doctor Who: Battlefield
Morgaine
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The Corsican Brothers
Mazzere
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UFO Contatto radar... Stanno atterrando!
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Skin Deep
Madeleine Walsh
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Outlier
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Face of a Stranger
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The Limbo Line
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Back to Back
Caroline
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Heart to Heart
Peggy Mann
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The Last Post
Colette
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Answer Me
Joan Matlin
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A Bit of Crucifixion, Father
Edna