Cast
Jean Marsh
Acting
Cast
Jean Marsh
Known for
Acting
Born
1934-07-01
From
Stoke Newington, London, England, UK
Died
2025-04-13
Also known as Jean Lyndsey Torren Marsh, ŘŹŰ٠٠اعش
Biography
Jean Lyndsey Torren Marsh (1 July 1934 â 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).
Willow
as Queen Bavmorda
Cleopatra
as Octavia (uncredited)
Return to Oz
as Nurse Wilson / Mombi
Frenzy
as Monica Barling
The Changeling
as Joanna Russell
The Eagle Has Landed
as Joanna Grey
Jane Eyre
as Mrs. Rochester
Fatherland
as Anna von Hagen
Danny the Champion of the World
as Miss Hunter
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
as Party Guest (uncredited)
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
as Self
Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse
as Thyrza Grey
Bejewelled
as Barbara
Skin Deep
as Madeleine Walsh
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
as Self (archive footage)
The Rebel
as Strange Woman at Party (Uncredited)
Dark Places
as Victoria
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
as Morgana
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
as Self
The Love Lottery
as Dancer in Sally's Dream (uncredited)
The Persuaders!
as Nicola
Royal Variety Performance 1984
Adam Bede
as Lisbeth Bede
The Heavy
as Mrs. Mason
Charlie Bubbles
as Waitress (uncredited)
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
as Mother on moonrocket
Outlier
as Lilith Winterbottom
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
as Sara Kingdom (archive footage) (uncredited)
Doctor Who: The Crusade
as Joanna
Unearthly Stranger
as Miss Ballard
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
as Sara Kingdom
The Corsican Brothers
as Mazzere
The Limbo Line
The Limping Man
as Landlady's Daughter
Face of a Stranger
as Grace
The Horsemasters
as Andrienne
The Horsemasters
as Ingrid
Doctor Who: Battlefield
as Morgaine
Monarch
as The Queens
UFO: Radar contact... They're landing!
The Moon and Sixpence
as Ata
See China and Die
as Sally Hackman
A Bit of Crucifixion, Father
as Edna
Back to Back
as Caroline
After Upstairs Downstairs
as Self
The Last Post
as Colette
Heart to Heart
as Peggy Mann