Jean Marsh
Born July 01, 1934 (Age: 91)
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Stoke Newington, London, England, UK
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).
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).
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Filmography
After Upstairs Downstairs
2002
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as Self
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Age: 68
Monarch
2000
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as The Queens
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Age: 66
Willow
1988
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as Queen Bavmorda
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Age: 53
Return to Oz
1985
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as Nurse Wilson / Mombi
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Age: 50
Royal Variety Performance 1984
1984
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as
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Age: 50
The Changeling
1980
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as Joanna Russell
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Age: 45
Frenzy
1972
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as Monica Barling
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Age: 37
Skin Deep
1971
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as Madeleine Walsh
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Age: 37
The Limbo Line
1969
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as
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Age: 34
No Image
A Bit of Crucifixion, Father
1968
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as Edna
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Age: 34
Cleopatra
1963
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as Octavia (uncredited)
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Age: 28
Heart to Heart
1962
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as Peggy Mann
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Age: 28
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
1961
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as Party Guest (uncredited)
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Age: 27
The Horsemasters
1961
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as Andrienne
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Age: 27
The Rebel
1961
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as Strange Woman at Party (Uncredited)
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Age: 26
Back to Back
1959
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as Caroline
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Age: 25
The Moon and Sixpence
1959
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as Ata
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Age: 25