Biography
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).
Filmography
all 86
Movies 45
TV Shows 41
self 6
Writer 1
Willow (2022)
Outlier (2014)
The Last Post (2011)
Upstairs Downstairs (2010)
The Heavy (2010)
Crooked House (2008)
Sense and Sensibility (2008)
The One Show (2006)
Sensitive Skin (2005)
The Mayor of Casterbridge (2003)
The Mayor of Casterbridge (2003)
Monarch (2000)
The Ghost Hunter (2000)
Holby City (1999)
Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse (1997)
Fatherland (1994)
The All New Alexei Sayle Show (1994)
Adam Bede (1992)
Doctor Who: The Hartnell Years (1991)
Bejewelled (1991)
Act of Will (1989)
Danny the Champion of the World (1989)
Act of Will (1989)
Willow (1988)
Return to Oz (1985)
Answer Me (1985)
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
Tales from the Darkside (1984)
Master of the Game (1984)
9 to 5 (1982)
See China and Die (1981)
Goliath Awaits (1981)
The Changeling (1980)
The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
The Alan Hamel Show (1976)
Dark Places (1973)
Frenzy (1972)
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (1972)
The Befrienders (1972)
Skin Deep (1971)
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971)
Jane Eyre (1970)
Play for Today (1970)
UFO (1970)
Department S (1969)
Hawaii Five-O (1968)
The Expert (1968)
The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
Charlie Bubbles (1968)
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan (1966)
Gideon's Way (1965)
Doctor Who (1963)
Unearthly Stranger (1963)
Cleopatra (1963)
Heart to Heart (1962)
The Saint (1962)
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961)
The Horsemasters (1961)
The Rebel (1961)
Back to Back (1959)
The Limping Man (1953)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1934-07-01 (90 years old)
Birth PlaceStoke Newington, London, England, UK
RelationshipsJon Pertwee (1955-04-02 - 1960-08-08)
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsJean Lyndsey Torren Marsh
AwardsOfficer of the Order of the British Empire, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
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