Jean Marsh

Actor Jul 1 (died age 90) Stoke Newington, London, England, UK 1951–2022 (71 year career)

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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 p…

Known For

Film

Willow

Queen Bavmorda

Film

Frenzy

Monica Barling

Film

Cleopatra

Octavia (uncredited)

Film

Return to Oz

Nurse Wilson / Mombi

Film

The Changeling

Joanna Russell

Film

The Eagle Has Landed

Joanna Grey

Film

Fatherland

Anna von Hagen

Film

Upstairs Downstairs

Rose Buck

Filmography

Acting (96)

Movies (46)

Outlier

2014

The Last Post

2011

as Colette

The Heavy

2010

as Mrs. Mason

4.8

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

2007

as Self

After Upstairs Downstairs

2002

as Self

Monarch

2000

as The Queens

6.0

Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse

as Thyrza Grey

Fatherland

as Anna von Hagen

Adam Bede

as Lisbeth Bede

Bejewelled

as Barbara

Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!

1990

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

1989

as Morgana

6.3

Danny the Champion of the World

1989

as Miss Hunter

6.2

Doctor Who: Battlefield

as Morgaine

Willow

as Queen Bavmorda

Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie

1988

as Self

6.0

Return to Oz

1985

as Nurse Wilson / Mombi

6.7

The Corsican Brothers

1985

as Mazzere

6.0

Royal Variety Performance 1984

1984

Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks

1984

as Sara Kingdom (archive footage) (uncredited)

See China and Die

as Sally Hackman

The Changeling

as Joanna Russell

The Eagle Has Landed

as Joanna Grey

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

Dark Places

as Victoria

The Persuaders!

as Nicola

Frenzy

as Monica Barling

A Day in the Death of Joe Egg

1972

as Mother on moonrocket

4.2

Skin Deep

1971

as Madeleine Walsh

Jane Eyre

as Mrs. Rochester

The Limbo Line

A Bit of Crucifixion, Father

1968

as Edna

Charlie Bubbles

1968

as Waitress (uncredited)

6.5

Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan

1966

as Sara Kingdom

7.9

Doctor Who: The Crusade

as Joanna

Face of a Stranger

as Grace

Cleopatra

as Octavia (uncredited)

Unearthly Stranger

as Miss Ballard

Heart to Heart

as Peggy Mann

The Horsemasters

1961

as Andrienne

7.0

The Rebel

1961

as Strange Woman at Party (Uncredited)

7.8

The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone

1961

as Party Guest (uncredited)

6.8

Back to Back

1959

as Caroline

The Moon and Sixpence

1959

as Ata

The Love Lottery

1954

as Dancer in Sally's Dream (uncredited)

4.9

The Limping Man

1953

as Landlady's Daughter

5.2

Television (50)

Willow

as Queen Bavmorda

Grantchester

as Daisy Livingstone

Upstairs Downstairs

as Rose Buck

Sense and Sensibility

2008

as Mrs Ferrars

7.5

Crooked House

2008

as Lady Constance de Momery

6.8

The One Show

2006

as Self - Guest

4.4

The Paul O'Grady Show

2004

4.6

Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder

2004

as Violet Sidney

The Ghost Hunter

as Mrs Croker

Holby City

as Vera Engells

Kavanagh Q.C.

as Lady Tibbit

The All New Alexei Sayle Show

1994

6.0

The All New Alexei Sayle Show

No Strings

as Rosie Tindall

Murder, She Wrote

as Glenda Highsmith

Tales from the Darkside

as Joan Matlin

Master of the Game

as Mrs. Talley

9 to 5

as Roz Keith

Goliath Awaits

as Dr. Goldman

Trapper John, M.D.

The Love Boat

as Celia Hoffman

The Waltons

as Hilary von Kleist

The Persuaders!

as Nicola

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

as Mrs. Vanrenen

Upstairs, Downstairs

as Rose Buck

Upstairs, Downstairs

as self

Play for Today

as Madeleine Walsh

UFO

as Janna

Department S

as Agatha Pollen

The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

Hawaii Five-O

as Sister Harmony

The Expert

as Sybil Houghton

The Informer

as Sylvia Parrish

Thirty-Minute Theatre

as Alex

Gideon's Way

as Elspeth McCrae

The Wednesday Play

as Edna

Detective

as Julie Oliver

Story Parade

as Lorraine

Doctor Who

as Sara Kingdom

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

The Saint

as Maria

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

as Self

6.2

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

Danger Man

as Kim Russell

The Twilight Zone

as Alicia

The Third Man

as Helene

Edgar Wallace Mysteries

1959

as Grace

7.0

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954

as Andrienne

7.8

Omnibus

1952

as Mimi in 'La Boheme'

6.0

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Mazzere

8.6