
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).
Movie | The Horsemasters: Follow Your Heart | Ingrid | 2020 |
Movie | Outlier | 2014-10-01 | |
Movie | The Heavy | Mrs. Mason | 2010-04-08 |
Series | Sense and Sensibility | Mrs. Ferrars | 2008-01-01 |
Series | Crooked House | Unknown | 2008-12-22 |
Movie | Crooked House | Lady Constance de Momery | 2008-12-22 |
Series | The One Show | Unknown | 2006-08-14 |
Movie | Monarch | The Queens | 2000-10-08 |
Series | Holby City | Vera Engells | 1999-01-12 |
Movie | Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse | Thyrza Grey | 1997-07-01 |
Series | The All New Alexei Sayle Show | 1994-01-06 | |
Movie | Fatherland | Anna von Hagen | 1994-11-26 |
Movie | Adam Bede | Lisbeth Bede | 1992-03-01 |
Movie | Bejewelled | Barbara | 1991-01-20 |
Movie | Doctor Who: Battlefield | Morgaine | 1989-09-06 |
Movie | A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court | Morgana | 1989-12-18 |
Series | No Strings | 1989-04-12 | |
Movie | Danny the Champion of the World | Miss Hunter | 1989-04-29 |
Movie | Willow | Queen Bavmorda | 1988-05-01 |
Movie | Return to Oz | Nurse Wilson / Mombi | 1985-06-21 |
Series | Murder, She Wrote | Unknown | 1984-09-30 |
Series | Master of the Game | Mrs. Talley | 1984-02-19 |
Series | Nine to Five | 1982-03-25 | |
Movie | The Changeling | Joanna Russell | 1980-03-27 |
Series | Trapper John, M.D. | Unknown | 1979-09-23 |
Movie | The Eagle Has Landed | Joanna Grey | 1976-12-24 |
Movie | Ufo - Contatto radar, stanno atterrando | 1974-10-23 | |
Movie | Dark Places | Victoria | 1973-05-01 |
Series | The Waltons | Unknown | 1972-09-14 |
Movie | Frenzy | Monica Barling | 1972-05-25 |
Series | The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes | Unknown | 1971-09-20 |
Series | The Persuaders! | Unknown | 1971-09-17 |
Series | A Ghost Story for Christmas | Lady Constance de Momery | 1971-12-24 |
Series | Upstairs, Downstairs | Rose Buck | 1971-10-10 |
Series | UFO | Unknown | 1970-09-16 |
Series | Department S | Unknown | 1969-09-09 |
Series | Hawaii Five-O | Unknown | 1968-09-20 |
Movie | Charlie Bubbles | Waitress (uncredited) | 1967-07-15 |
Movie | Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan | Sara Kingdom | 1965-11-13 |
Movie | Face of a Stranger | 1964-09-01 | |
Series | The Hollywood Palace | Unknown | 1964-01-04 |
Movie | Unearthly Stranger | Miss Ballard | 1963-09-12 |
Series | Doctor Who | Unknown | 1963-11-23 |
Series | The Saint | Unknown | 1962-10-04 |
Series | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Unknown | 1962-10-01 |
Movie | The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone | Party Guest (uncredited) | 1961-12-28 |
Series | Danger Man | Unknown | 1960-09-11 |
Series | The Third Man | Unknown | 1959-10-02 |
Series | The Twilight Zone | Alicia | 1959-10-02 |
Movie | The Limping Man | Landlady's daughter | 1953-12-11 |
Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |