Jean Marsh

About

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...

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Doctor WhoSeries • 1963The Love BoatSeries • 1977Holby CitySeries • 1999Murder, She WroteSeries • 1984Hawaii Five-OSeries • 1969Play for TodaySeries • 1970The SaintSeries • 1962The Twilight ZoneSeries • 1959The WaltonsSeries • 1972Tales from the DarksideSeries • 1984GrantchesterSeries • 2014Thirty-Minute TheatreSeries • 1965Trapper John, M.D.Series • 1979Danger ManSeries • 1960Kavanagh Q.C.Series • 1995Upstairs, DownstairsSeries • 1971UFOSeries • 1970The Persuaders!Series • 1971The ExpertSeries • 1968WillowSeries • 2022The Rivals of Sherlock HolmesSeries • 1971The Third ManSeries • 1959The House of EliottSeries • 1991Upstairs DownstairsSeries • 2010