Jean Marsh
Born in Stoke Newington, London, England, UK — Jul 01 1934• Died Apr 13 2025
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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,…
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Holby City
Vera Engells
Doctor Who
Sara Kingdom
The Waltons
Hilary von Kleist
Murder, She Wrote
Glenda Highsmith
The Love Boat
Celia Hoffman
Play for Today
Madeleine Walsh
Grantchester
Daisy Livingstone
Hawaii Five-O
Sister Harmony
The Saint
Anne Kirby
The Twilight Zone
Alicia
Tales from the Darkside
Joan Matlin
Gideon's Way
Sandra Casey
UFO
Janna
The Persuaders!
Nicola
The Wednesday Play
Edna
Trapper John, M.D.
Upstairs, Downstairs
Rose Buck
The Expert
Sybil Houghton
Frenzy
Monica Barling
Story Parade
Lorraine
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Alex
Danger Man
Kim Russell
The House of Eliott
Creator
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Mrs. Vanrenen
Willow
Queen Bavmorda
Kavanagh Q.C.
Lady Tibbit
Department S
Agatha Pollen
The Third Man
Helene
Detective
Julie Oliver
Edgar Wallace Mysteries
Grace
Willow
Queen Bavmorda
The Informer
Sylvia Parrish
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Mazzere
9 to 5
Roz Keith
Cleopatra
Octavia (uncredited)
The Wonderful World of Disney
Andrienne
Upstairs Downstairs
Rose Buck
Master of the Game
Mrs. Talley
Goliath Awaits
Dr. Goldman
Crooked House
Lady Constance de Momery
Fatherland
Anna von Hagen
Sense and Sensibility
Mrs Ferrars
Return to Oz
Nurse Wilson / Mombi
The Eagle Has Landed
Joanna Grey
The All New Alexei Sayle Show
The Ghost Hunter
Mrs Croker
Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder
Violet Sidney
The Changeling
Joanna Russell
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
Self (archive footage)
No Strings
Rosie Tindall
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Self
Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse
Thyrza Grey
Dark Places
Victoria
Charlie Bubbles
Waitress (uncredited)
The Rebel
Strange Woman at Party (Uncredited)
Jane Eyre
Mrs. Rochester
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
Sara Kingdom (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
Party Guest (uncredited)
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
Self
Heart to Heart
Peggy Mann
Danny the Champion of the World
Miss Hunter
Bejewelled
Barbara
Royal Variety Performance 1984
The Horsemasters
Andrienne
The Love Lottery
Dancer in Sally's Dream (uncredited)
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
Mother on moonrocket
Monarch
The Queens
Back to Back
Caroline
Outlier
Lilith Winterbottom
The Moon and Sixpence
Ata
Adam Bede
Lisbeth Bede
The Heavy
Mrs. Mason
Doctor Who: Battlefield
Morgaine
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
Sara Kingdom
The Corsican Brothers
Mazzere
Skin Deep
Madeleine Walsh
The Persuaders!
Nicola
Unearthly Stranger
Miss Ballard
After Upstairs Downstairs
Self
Doctor Who: The Crusade
Joanna
See China and Die
Sally Hackman
The Limbo Line
A Bit of Crucifixion, Father
Edna
UFO: Radar contact... They're landing!
Face of a Stranger
Grace
The Last Post
Colette
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Morgana
The Limping Man
Landlady's Daughter