
Jean Marsh
Known for Acting · 93 credits
- Born
- 1934-07-01
- Died
- 2025-04-13
- Place of birth
- Stoke Newington, London, England, UK
- Also known as
- Jean Lyndsey Torren Marsh · جین مارش
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).
Known For
TV Shows (47)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self

The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self

Doctor Who
1963
as Sara Kingdom / Morgaine

Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Glenda Highsmith

The Love Boat
1977
as Celia Hoffman

Hawaii Five-O
1968
as Sister Harmony

Play for Today
1970
as Madeleine Walsh

Holby City
1999
as Vera Engells

The One Show
2006
as Self - Guest

The Waltons
1972
as Hilary von Kleist

The Twilight Zone
1959
as Alicia

The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self

The Saint
1962
as Anne Kirby / Maria / Helen Phillips

The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest

Tales from the Darkside
1984
as Joan Matlin

Trapper John, M.D.
1979

Omnibus
1952
as Mimi in 'La Boheme'

Grantchester
2014
as Daisy Livingstone

The Paul O'Grady Show
2004
as Self

Danger Man
1960
as Kim Russell

Upstairs, Downstairs
1971
as Rose Buck / self

The Persuaders!
1971
as Nicola

Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Alex

The Third Man
1959
as Helene

UFO
1970
as Janna

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
as Mrs. Vanrenen

Willow
2022
as Queen Bavmorda

The Expert
1968
as Sybil Houghton

Gideon's Way
1965
as Sandra Casey / Elspeth McCrae

Kavanagh Q.C.
1995
as Lady Tibbit

Department S
1969
as Agatha Pollen

The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Andrienne

Detective
1964
as Julie Oliver

Edgar Wallace Mysteries
1959
as Grace

9 to 5
1982
as Roz Keith

Sense and Sensibility
2008
as Mrs Ferrars
Story Parade
1964
as Lorraine

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Mazzere

Master of the Game
1984
as Mrs. Talley

Goliath Awaits
1981
as Dr. Goldman

Upstairs Downstairs
2010
as Rose Buck

The Informer
1966
as Sylvia Parrish

Crooked House
2008
as Lady Constance de Momery

Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder
2004
as Violet Sidney

The Ghost Hunter
2000
as Mrs Croker

The All New Alexei Sayle Show
1994

No Strings
1989
as Rosie Tindall
Movies (46)

Willow
1988
as Queen Bavmorda

Cleopatra
1963
as Octavia (uncredited)

Return to Oz
1985
as Nurse Wilson / Mombi

Frenzy
1972
as Monica Barling

The Changeling
1980
as Joanna Russell

The Eagle Has Landed
1976
as Joanna Grey

Jane Eyre
1970
as Mrs. Rochester

Fatherland
1994
as Anna von Hagen

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007
as Self

Danny the Champion of the World
1989
as Miss Hunter

The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
1961
as Party Guest (uncredited)

Skin Deep
1971
as Madeleine Walsh

The Rebel
1961
as Strange Woman at Party (Uncredited)

Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse
1997
as Thyrza Grey

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1989
as Morgana

Dark Places
1973
as Victoria

Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
1990
as Self (archive footage)

The Love Lottery
1954
as Dancer in Sally's Dream (uncredited)

Bejewelled
1991
as Barbara

The Heavy
2010
as Mrs. Mason

The Limping Man
1953
as Landlady's Daughter

The Persuaders!
1973
as Nicola

Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
1984
as Sara Kingdom (archive footage) (uncredited)

Adam Bede
1992
as Lisbeth Bede

Charlie Bubbles
1968
as Waitress (uncredited)

Doctor Who: The Crusade
1965
as Joanna

Unearthly Stranger
1963
as Miss Ballard

Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
1988
as Self

Royal Variety Performance 1984
1984

The Corsican Brothers
1985
as Mazzere

Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
1965
as Sara Kingdom

Monarch
2000
as The Queens

Face of a Stranger
1964
as Grace

The Horsemasters
1961
as Andrienne / Ingrid
Outlier
2014
as Lilith Winterbottom

The Moon and Sixpence
1959
as Ata

The Limbo Line
1969

A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
1972
as Mother on moonrocket

See China and Die
1981
as Sally Hackman
A Bit of Crucifixion, Father
1968
as Edna

UFO: Radar contact... They're landing!
1974

After Upstairs Downstairs
2002
as Self

Doctor Who: Battlefield
1989
as Morgaine

Heart to Heart
1962
as Peggy Mann

The Last Post
2011
as Colette

Back to Back
1959
as Caroline
About 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 numerou… With 93 credits spanning from 1951 to 2022, Jean Marsh has appeared in 46 films and 47 TV shows.
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Most Popular Jean Marsh Movies
- Willow (1988) — as Queen Bavmorda
- Cleopatra (1963) — as Octavia (uncredited)
- Return to Oz (1985) — as Nurse Wilson / Mombi
- Frenzy (1972) — as Monica Barling
- The Changeling (1980) — as Joanna Russell
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