Jean Marsh
Acting
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).
Born: July 1, 1934
Place of Birth: Stoke Newington, London, England, UK
Known For
Filmography
as Queen Bavmorda
as Daisy Livingstone
as Colette
as Rose Buck
as Mrs. Mason
as Lady Constance de Momery
as Mrs Ferrars
as Self - Guest
as Violet Sidney
as Self
as The Queens
as Mrs Croker
as Vera Engells
as Thyrza Grey
as Anna von Hagen
as Lisbeth Bede
as Barbara
as Morgaine
as Miss Hunter
as Rosie Tindall
as Queen Bavmorda
as Nurse Wilson / Mombi
as Mazzere
as Glenda Highsmith
as Joan Matlin
as Mrs. Talley
as Sara Kingdom (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Roz Keith
as Dr. Goldman
as Sally Hackman
as Joanna Russell
as Celia Hoffman
as Joanna Grey
as Victoria
as Nicola
as Hilary von Kleist
as Monica Barling
as Mother on moonrocket
as Madeleine Walsh
as Rose Buck
as self
as Mrs. Vanrenen
as Nicola
as Mrs. Rochester
as Madeleine Walsh
as Janna
as Agatha Pollen
as Sister Harmony
as Sybil Houghton
as Self - Guest
as Waitress (uncredited)
as Sylvia Parrish
as Sara Kingdom
as Joanna
as Sandra Casey
as Elspeth McCrae
as Grace
as Sara Kingdom
as Morgaine
as Miss Ballard
as Octavia
as Octavia (uncredited)
as Peggy Mann
as Anne Kirby
as Maria
as Helen Phillips
as Party Guest (uncredited)
as Self
as Andrienne
as Ingrid
as Strange Woman at Party (Uncredited)
as Caroline
as Ata
as Alicia
as Helene
as Dancer in Sally's Dream (uncredited)
as Landlady's Daughter
as Mazzere