Jean Marsh

Personal Info

Birthday

July 1, 1934

Day of Death

2025-04-13

(90 years old)

Place of Birth

Stoke Newington, London, England, UK

Also Known As

Jean Lyndsey Torren Marsh

جین مارش

Jean Marsh

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).

Known For

Murder, She Wrote

The Love Boat

Doctor Who

Grantchester

The Twilight Zone

The Waltons

Holby City

Hawaii Five-O

Filmography

2011
The Last Post
as Colette
2010
The Heavy
as Mrs. Mason
2007
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
as Self
2000
Monarch
as The Queens
1997
Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse
as Thyrza Grey
1994
Fatherland
as Anna von Hagen
1992
Adam Bede
as Lisbeth Bede
1991
Bejewelled
as Barbara
1989
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
as Morgana
Doctor Who: Battlefield
as Morgaine
Danny the Champion of the World
as Miss Hunter
1988
Sesame Street | Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special
as Self
1985
Return to Oz
as Nurse Wilson / Mombi
Answer Me
as Joan Matlin
The Corsican Brothers
as Mazzere
1984
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
as Sara Kingdom (archive footage) (uncredited)
1981
See China and Die
as Sally Hackman
1980
The Changeling
as Joanna Russell
1976
The Eagle Has Landed
as Joanna Grey
1973
Dark Places
as Victoria
1972
Frenzy
as Monica Barling
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
as Mother on moonrocket
1971
Skin Deep
as Madeleine Walsh
1970
Jane Eyre
as Mrs. Rochester
1968
A Bit of Crucifixion, Father
as Edna
Charlie Bubbles
as Waitress (uncredited)
1966
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
as Sara Kingdom
1965
Doctor Who: The Crusade
as Joanna
1963
Unearthly Stranger
as Miss Ballard
Cleopatra
as Octavia
1962
Heart to Heart
as Peggy Mann
1961
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
as Party Guest (uncredited)
The Horsemasters
as Andrienne
The Rebel
as Strange Woman at Party (Uncredited)
1959
Back to Back
as Caroline
The Moon and Sixpence
as Ata
1954
The Love Lottery
as Dancer in Sally's Dream (uncredited)
1953
The Limping Man
as Landlady's Daughter