Jean Marsh

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).

Known For: Acting

Born: Stoke Newington, London, England, UK, 1934-07-01

Died: 2025-04-13

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1953	The Limping Man	Landlady's Daughter	52
2	1954	The Love Lottery	Dancer in Sally's Dream (uncredited)	48
3	1959	The Moon and Sixpence	Ata	0
4	1959	Back to Back	Caroline	0
5	1961	The Rebel	Strange Woman at Party (Uncredited)	78
6	1961	The Horsemasters	Andrienne	70
7	1961	The Horsemasters	Ingrid	70
8	1961	The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone	Party Guest (uncredited)	69
9	1962	Heart to Heart	Peggy Mann	0
10	1963	Cleopatra	Octavia	70
11	1963	Cleopatra	Octavia (uncredited)	70
12	1963	Unearthly Stranger	Miss Ballard	57
13	1964	Face of a Stranger		80
14	1965	Doctor Who: The Crusade	Joanna	62
15	1966	Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan	Sara Kingdom	78
16	1968	Charlie Bubbles	Waitress (uncredited)	63
17	1968	A Bit of Crucifixion, Father	Edna	0
18	1969	The Limbo Line		40
19	1970	Jane Eyre	Mrs. Rochester	70
20	1971	Skin Deep	Madeleine Walsh	0
21	1972	A Day in the Death of Joe Egg	Mother on moonrocket	44
22	1972	Frenzy	Monica Barling	71
23	1973	The Persuaders!	Nicola	83
24	1973	Dark Places	Victoria	55
25	1974	UFO Contatto radar... Stanno atterrando!		60
26	1976	The Eagle Has Landed	Joanna Grey	66
27	1980	The Changeling	Joanna Russell	70
28	1981	See China and Die	Sally Hackman	0
29	1984	Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks	Sara Kingdom (archive footage) (uncredited)	78
30	1985	The Corsican Brothers	Mazzere	60
31	1985	Answer Me	Joan Matlin	0
32	1985	Return to Oz	Nurse Wilson / Mombi	67
33	1988	Willow	Queen Bavmorda	70
34	1988	Sesame Street \| Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special	Self	60
35	1989	Danny the Champion of the World	Miss Hunter	62
36	1989	Doctor Who: Battlefield	Morgaine	72
37	1989	A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court	Morgana	63
38	1990	Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!		60
39	1991	Bejewelled	Barbara	44
40	1992	Adam Bede	Lisbeth Bede	73
41	1994	Fatherland	Anna von Hagen	62
42	1997	Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse	Thyrza Grey	56
43	2000	Monarch	The Queens	60
44	2007	The 50 Greatest Television Dramas	Self	0
45	2010	The Heavy	Mrs. Mason	48
46	2011	The Last Post	Colette	0
47	2014	Outlier		0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Mazzere	86
2	1959	The Twilight Zone	Alicia	85
3	1959	The Third Man		67
4	1960	Danger Man		72
5	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self	54
6	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	75
7	1962	The Saint	Anne Kirby	73
8	1962	The Saint	Maria	73
9	1962	The Saint	Helen Phillips	73
10	1963	Doctor Who	Sara Kingdom	79
11	1963	Doctor Who	Morgaine	79
12	1965	Gideon's Way	Sandra Casey	68
13	1965	Gideon's Way	Elspeth McCrae	68
14	1966	The Informer	Sylvia Parrish	0
15	1968	The Dick Cavett Show	Self - Guest	67
16	1968	The Expert	Sybil Houghton	100
17	1968	Hawaii Five-O	Sister Harmony	71
18	1969	Department S	Agatha Pollen	49
19	1970	UFO	Janna	76
20	1970	Play for Today	Madeleine Walsh	63
21	1971	The Persuaders!	Nicola	76
22	1971	The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes	Mrs. Vanrenen	73
23	1971	Upstairs, Downstairs	Rose Buck	76
24	1971	Upstairs, Downstairs	self	76
25	1972	The Waltons	Hilary von Kleist	71
26	1977	The Love Boat	Celia Hoffman	63
27	1979	Trapper John, M.D.		65
28	1981	Goliath Awaits	Dr. Goldman	68
29	1982	9 to 5	Roz Keith	68
30	1984	Master of the Game	Mrs. Talley	59
31	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Glenda Highsmith	75
32	1984	Tales from the Darkside	Joan Matlin	72
33	1989	No Strings		60
34	1994	The All New Alexei Sayle Show		60
35	1999	Holby City	Vera Engells	58
36	2000	The Ghost Hunter	Mrs Croker	63
37	2004	The Paul O'Grady Show		46
38	2004	Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder	Violet Sidney	0
39	2006	The One Show	Self - Guest	45
40	2008	Sense and Sensibility	Mrs. Ferrars	76
41	2008	Crooked House		67
42	2008	Crooked House	Lady Constance de Momery	67
43	2010	Upstairs Downstairs	Rose Buck	74
44	2014	Grantchester	Daisy Livingstone	73
45	2022	Willow	Queen Bavmorda	68

Jean Marsh

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