Cast & creator
Jean Marsh
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Mike Douglas Show, Doctor Who
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).
Also known as: Jean Lyndsey Torren Marsh, جین مارش
47
film credits
58
television credits
102
1951–2022 · acting roles
7.0
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (105)
Showing 105 of 105 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Doctor Who
Sara Kingdom
1963Doctor Who
Morgaine
1963Doctor Who
Joanna
1963
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
Holby City
Vera Engells
1999
The Love Boat
Celia Hoffman
1977
The One Show
Self - Guest
2006
Murder, She Wrote
Glenda Highsmith
1984
Hawaii Five-O
Sister Harmony
1969
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Play for Today
Madeleine Walsh
1970
The Waltons
Hilary von Kleist
1972
The Twilight Zone
Alicia
1959
Grantchester
Daisy Livingstone
2014
The Saint
Anne Kirby
1962The Saint
Maria
1962The Saint
Helen Phillips
1962The Saint
Ann
1962
Tales from the Darkside
Joan Matlin
1984
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
The Paul O'Grady Show
Self
2004
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Alex
1965
Omnibus
Mimi in 'La Boheme'
1952
Danger Man
Kim Russell
1960
Upstairs, Downstairs
Rose Buck
1971Upstairs, Downstairs
self
1971Upstairs, Downstairs
Creator
1971
The Persuaders!
Nicola
1971
The Expert
Sybil Houghton
1968
UFO
Janna
1970Story Parade
Lorraine
1964
The Third Man
Helene
1959
Willow
Queen Bavmorda
2022
Kavanagh Q.C.
Lady Tibbit
1995
The House of Eliott
Creator
1991
Gideon's Way
Sandra Casey
1965Gideon's Way
Elspeth McCrae
1965
The Wonderful World of Disney
Andrienne
1954
9 to 5
Roz Keith
1982
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Mrs. Vanrenen
1971
Sense and Sensibility
Mrs Ferrars
2008
Department S
Agatha Pollen
1969
Edgar Wallace Mysteries
Grace
1959
Upstairs Downstairs
Mrs Rose Buck
2010Upstairs Downstairs
Original Series Creator
2010
Detective
Julie Oliver
1964
Willow
Queen Bavmorda
1988
Cleopatra
Octavia (uncredited)
1963
The Informer
Sylvia Parrish
1966
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Mazzere
1951
Return to Oz
Nurse Wilson / Mombi
1985
The Changeling
Joanna Russell
1980
Master of the Game
Mrs. Talley
1984
The Eagle Has Landed
Joanna Grey
1976
Sensitive Skin
Lizzie Galbraith
2005
Goliath Awaits
Dr. Goldman
1981
Crooked House
Lady Constance de Momery
2008
Fatherland
Anna von Hagen
1994
Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder
Violet Sidney
2004
Frenzy
Monica Barling
1972
No Strings
Rosie Tindall
1989
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Self
2007
The Horsemasters
Andrienne
1961The Horsemasters
Ingrid
1961
The All New Alexei Sayle Show
1994
The Ghost Hunter
Mrs Croker
2000
Jane Eyre
Mrs. Rochester
1970
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
Sara Kingdom (archive footage) (uncredited)
1984
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
Party Guest (uncredited)
1961
Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse
Thyrza Grey
1997
Danny the Champion of the World
Miss Hunter
1989
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
Self
1988
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
Sara Kingdom
1965
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Morgana
1989
Dark Places
Victoria
1973
Doctor Who: The Crusade
Joanna
1965
Bejewelled
Barbara
1991
The Love Lottery
Dancer in Sally's Dream (uncredited)
1954
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
Self (archive footage)
1990
See China and Die
Sally Hackman
1981
Royal Variety Performance 1984
1984A Bit of Crucifixion, Father
Edna
1968Outlier
Lilith Winterbottom
2014
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
Mother on moonrocket
1972
The Rebel
Strange Woman at Party (Uncredited)
1961
The Heavy
Mrs. Mason
2010
Charlie Bubbles
Waitress (uncredited)
1968
The Moon and Sixpence
Ata
1959
Doctor Who: Battlefield
Morgaine
1989
Face of a Stranger
Grace
1964
UFO: Radar contact... They're landing!
1974
The Corsican Brothers
Mazzere
1985
Adam Bede
Lisbeth Bede
1992
Back to Back
Caroline
1959
The Limping Man
Landlady's Daughter
1953
Heart to Heart
Peggy Mann
1962
The Persuaders!
Nicola
1973
Skin Deep
Madeleine Walsh
1971
Unearthly Stranger
Miss Ballard
1963
After Upstairs Downstairs
Self
2002
The Limbo Line
1969
Monarch
The Queens
2000
The Last Post
Colette
2011