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Jean Marsh
Actor

Jean Marsh

2 Movies
2 Credits
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Known For Acting
Known Credits 2
Birthday July 1, 1934 (91 years old)
Place of Birth Stoke Newington, London, England, UK
Also Known As Jean Lyndsey Torren Marsh, Ψ¬ΫŒΩ† Ω…Ψ§Ψ±Ψ΄
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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 SirΒ John Gielgud'sΒ BroadwayΒ production of "Much Ado About Nothing" and numerous TV shows, including an episode ofΒ "The Twilight Zone"(1959). Returning to London, she won roles on stage, film and TV. It was during this period that she appeared inΒ "Doctor Who"Β (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'sΒ "Upstairs, Downstairs"Β (1971). Since then she has maintained a very busy career in the theatre, on TV - including a starring role in the US sitcomΒ "9 to 5"(1982) and films such asΒ Return to OzΒ (1985) andΒ WillowΒ (1988). She also co-created another successful series,Β "The House of Eliott"Β (1991).

Filmography (94)

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