Jean Marsh
Known For
Acting
Born
1934-07-01 in Stoke Newington, London, England, UK
Died
2025-04-13
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).
Most Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
Murder, She Wrote
as Glenda Highsmith
The Love Boat
as Celia Hoffman
Doctor Who
as Sara Kingdom
Doctor Who
as Morgaine
The Twilight Zone
as Alicia
The One Show
as Self - Guest
The Waltons
as Hilary von Kleist
Hawaii Five-O
as Sister Harmony
The Saint
as Anne Kirby
The Saint
as Maria
The Saint
as Helen Phillips
The Saint
as Ann
Play for Today
as Madeleine Walsh
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
Holby City
as Vera Engells
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
Grantchester
as Daisy Livingstone
Tales from the Darkside
as Joan Matlin