Jean Marsh
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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
Credits
Frenzy (1972)
as Monica Barling
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Willow (1988)
as Queen Bavmorda
Cleopatra (1963)
as Octavia (uncredited)
Return to Oz (1985)
as Nurse Wilson / Mombi
The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
as Joanna Grey
The Changeling (1980)
as Joanna Russell
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 Horsemasters (1961)
as Andrienne
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks (1984)
as Sara Kingdom (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie (1988)
as Self
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1989)
as Morgana
Jane Eyre (1970)
as Mrs. Rochester
Bejewelled (1991)
as Barbara
Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse (1997)
as Thyrza Grey
Royal Variety Performance 1984 (1984)
Actor
Doctor Who: The Crusade (1965)
as Joanna
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! (1990)
as Self (archive footage)
See China and Die (1981)
as Sally Hackman
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan (1965)
as Sara Kingdom
Dark Places (1973)
as Victoria
The Love Lottery (1954)
as Dancer in Sally's Dream (uncredited)
The Heavy (2010)
as Mrs. Mason
Face of a Stranger (1964)
as Grace
A Bit of Crucifixion, Father (1968)
as Edna
UFO: Radar contact... They're landing! (1974)
Actor
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (1972)
as Mother on moonrocket
Doctor Who: Battlefield (1989)
as Morgaine
The Moon and Sixpence (1959)
as Ata
The Limping Man (1953)
as Landlady's Daughter
The Rebel (1961)
as Strange Woman at Party (Uncredited)
Outlier (2014)
as Lilith Winterbottom
Adam Bede (1992)
as Lisbeth Bede
Charlie Bubbles (1968)
as Waitress (uncredited)
The Persuaders! (1973)
as Nicola
The Corsican Brothers (1985)
as Mazzere
Heart to Heart (1962)
as Peggy Mann
Back to Back (1959)
as Caroline
Unearthly Stranger (1963)
as Miss Ballard
Skin Deep (1971)
as Madeleine Walsh
The Limbo Line (1969)
Actor
Monarch (2000)
as The Queens
After Upstairs Downstairs (2002)
as Self
The Last Post (2011)
as Colette