
Jean Marsh
Acting
Born: 1934-07-01 · 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 p
🎬 Movies (20)
Outlier
2014
Lilith Winterbottom

The Last Post
2011
Colette

The Heavy
2010
Mrs. Mason

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007
Self

After Upstairs Downstairs
2002
Self

Monarch
2000
The Queens

Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse
1997
Thyrza Grey

Fatherland
1994
Anna von Hagen

Adam Bede
1992
Lisbeth Bede

Bejewelled
1991
Barbara

Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
1990
Self (archive footage)

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1989
Morgana

Doctor Who: Battlefield
1989
Morgaine

Danny the Champion of the World
1989
Miss Hunter

Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
1988
Self

Willow
1988
Queen Bavmorda

Return to Oz
1985
Nurse Wilson / Mombi

The Corsican Brothers
1985
Mazzere

Royal Variety Performance 1984
1984

Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
1984
Sara Kingdom (archive footage) (uncredited)
📺 TV Shows (20)

Willow
2022
Queen Bavmorda

Grantchester
2014
Daisy Livingstone

Upstairs Downstairs
2010
Mrs Rose Buck

Crooked House
2008
Lady Constance de Momery

Sense and Sensibility
2008
Mrs Ferrars

The One Show
2006
Self - Guest

Sensitive Skin
2005
Lizzie Galbraith

Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder
2004
Violet Sidney

The Paul O'Grady Show
2004
Self

The Ghost Hunter
2000
Mrs Croker

Holby City
1999
Vera Engells

Kavanagh Q.C.
1995
Lady Tibbit

The All New Alexei Sayle Show
1994

No Strings
1989
Rosie Tindall

Murder, She Wrote
1984
Glenda Highsmith

Tales from the Darkside
1984
Joan Matlin

Master of the Game
1984
Mrs. Talley

9 to 5
1982
Roz Keith

Goliath Awaits
1981
Dr. Goldman

Trapper John, M.D.
1979