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Yahoo
26-04-2025
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‘Willow' star and ‘Upstairs, Downstairs' co-creator Jean Marsh dead at 90
English actress Jean Marsh, known for her roles in the fantasy film "Willow" and the ITV series "Upstairs, Downstairs," has died at age 90 due to complications from dementia. Her longtime agent, Lesley Duff, confirmed the news to Fox News Digital, saying it had been "my pleasure to represent Jean for many years and she will be greatly missed." Duff also provided a statement from Marsh's close friend, director Michael Lindsay-Hogg, who said, "Jean died peacefully in bed looked after by one of her very loving carers." "We were very close for 60 years," he added. "She was as wise and funny as anyone I ever met, as well as being very pretty and kind, and talented as both an actress and writer. An instinctively empathetic person who was loved by everyone who met her. We spoke on the phone almost every day for the past 40 years." Val Kilmer, 'Top Gun' And 'Batman Forever' Star, Dead At 65 Marsh began her acting career in the 1950s, appearing on British and American television, including an episode of "The Twilight Zone" titled "The Lonely" in 1959. Read On The Fox News App She also appeared opposite Laurence Olivier in "Moon and Sixpence" and Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton in "Cleopatra," among other film roles. Younger audiences may recognize her most from her roles as the evil Queen Bavmorda in 1988's "Willow," alongside the late Val Kilmer, and "Return to Oz" as the witch Mombi. Marsh's TV career also included co-creating the hit ITV series "Upstairs, Downstairs," following the wealthy Bellamy family and their servants, including her character, Rose Buck. Click Here To Sign Up For The Entertainment Newsletter The role earned Marsh four Emmy nominations and one win in 1975 for outstanding lead actress in a drama series. "Upstairs, Downstairs" ran from 1971 to 1975 and was later revived in 2010, with Marsh reprising her role. Marsh was appointed Office of the Order of the British Empire in 2012 for her services to drama. Other roles throughout her lengthy career include parts in films like Alfred Hitchcock's "Frenzy," "Dark Places" and "The Changeling" as well as television roles on "The Saint," "I Spy" and "Doctor Who." Like What You're Reading? Click Here For More Entertainment News She also had a career onstage in London's West End, and wrote five novels. Marsh's last credited onscreen role was in the Disney+ revival series of "Willow," reprising her role as Queen Bavmorda. Born on July 1, 1934, in Stoke Newington, London, Marsh was briefly married to "Doctor Who" star Jon Pertwee and later had relationships with Albert Finney, Kenneith Haigh and Michael Lindsay-Hogg. "I have had partners who I have thought about marrying and who have thought about marrying me," she told The Telegraph in 2010. "The problem was that we never thought it at the same time. I should have taken the advice of my mother, who told me 50 years ago that I should marry and settle down."Original article source: 'Willow' star and 'Upstairs, Downstairs' co-creator Jean Marsh dead at 90
Euronews
14-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Euronews
Beloved British actress Jean Marsh, star of show 'Upstairs, Downstairs', dies aged 90
ADVERTISEMENT British actress Jean Marsh, best known for her role as Rose Buck in the series Upstairs, Downstairs, has died aged 90. Marsh's friend, director Sir Michael Lindsay-Hogg, said in a statement to the PA news agency that the actress "died peacefully in bed looked after by one of her very loving carers". "She was as wise and funny as anyone I ever met, as well as being very pretty and kind, and talented as both an actress and writer,' he added. "An instinctively empathetic person who was loved by everyone who met her. We spoke on the phone almost every day for the past 40 years." Marsh as Rose Buck ITV - Getty Images Marsh won an Emmy for outstanding lead actress in a limited series in 1976 for Upstairs, Downstairs (1971 – 1975) – a series which depicted the life of the servants ("downstairs") and their masters, the family ("upstairs") between the years 1903 and 1930, showing the slow decline of the British aristocracy during the Edwardian period, the First World War and the Roaring Twenties. Marsh co-created the series with Dame Eileen Atkins, a show which is said to have partly inspired the hugely popular Downton Abbey series. Upstairs, Downstairs was later revived and reimagined in 2010, and Marsh became the only original cast member to return. Robert Blake and Jean Marsh hold up their Emmys for best actor and best actress in a drama series at the Emmy Awards - 19 May 1975 AP Photo Born on 1 July 1934 in Stoke Newington, north London, Marsh took dance and mime classes as therapy for an illness at a young age. She made her West End debut in The Land Of The Christmas Stockings at The Duke of York's Theatre when she was just 12 years old. Marsh starred in films like Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy (1972), the famous British war film The Eagle Has Landed (1976), the Val Kilmer -starring adventure film Willow (1988). She appeared in iconic shows such as The Twilight Zone , Danger Man, Hawaii Five-O and Murder, She Wrote, and is known to many sci-fi fans as Sara Kingdom, a companion of the First Doctor in Doctor Who . She was briefly married to actor Jon Pertwee, the third incarnation of the Doctor. In 2012, she was made an Officer of the British Empire (OBE) for services to drama.
Forbes
14-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Jean Marsh, ‘Upstairs, Downstairs' Star And Co-Creator, Dies At 90
Jean Marsh, Head and Shoulders Publicity Portrait for The British TV Drama Series, "Upstairs, ... More Downstairs", ITV, 1976. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Jean Marsh, who reached a career zenith as the star and co-creator of the British period drama Upstairs, Downstairs, died on Sunday, April 13 at her home in London from complications of dementia. She was 90. 'Jean died peacefully in bed looked after by one of her very loving carers," said her friend, director Sir Michael Lindsay-Hogg, in a statement. 'You could say we were very close for 60 years. She was as wise and funny as anyone I ever met, as well as being very pretty and kind, and talented as both an actor and writer. 'An instinctively empathetic person who was loved by everyone who met her," he added. "We spoke on the phone almost every day for the past 40 years.' As Rose Buck, the no-nonsense but warm-hearted head maid in Upstairs, Downstairs, which she co-created with Dame Eileen Atkins, Marsh won the Emmy in 1976 for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. The program, which is considered the inspiration for the more recent Downton Abbey, aired in the UK from 1971 to 1975 and in the United States on PBS from 1974 to 1977. Anthony Andrews (fore 2L) and Jean Marsh (rear 2R). Other cast members of Upstairs, Downstairs ... More posing at farewell gathering as series comes to an end. (Photo by) In 2010, a three-part revival of Upstairs, Downstairs aired on British broadcaster BBC One, with Marsh reprising her role as Rose Buck, who had returned to London to run an agency for domestic servants after a period spent nursing her mother in Suffolk. Two years later, in 2912, a six-part continuation was commissioned, but Marsh was seen less frequently due to a stroke suffered by the actress. Born on July 1, 1934 and raised in Stoke Newington, London, Jean Marsh her screen debut at 18 in a British television movie, The Infinite Shoeblack, in 1952. One year later came her feature film debut in British mystery thriller A Limping Lady. In 1959, Marsh went to the United States for John Gielgud's Broadway production of Much Ado About Nothing" and began making guest appearances on television including episodes of The Twilight Zone, Danger Man, The Saint and I Spy. She was a regular in the ITV 1966-67 drama The Informer and appeared in several episodes of Doctor Who through the course of her career. English actress Jean Marsh joins the cast of television science fiction series 'Doctor Who' as ... More companion Sara Kingdom, UK, 3rd December 1965. (Photo by John Downing/Express/) British actresses Heather Sears (1935 - 1994, left) and Jean Marsh, stars of the new Rediffusion ... More Television series 'The Informer', publicisze the show at ATV House on Kingsway, London, 20th July 1966. (Photo by John Pratt/Keystone/) In film, Marsh's resume included The Rebel (1961), Unearthly Stranger (1964), fantasy adventure Willow (1988), thriller Frenzy (1972) and war movie The Eagle Has Landed (1976). And, on stage, Marsh appeared in several Shakespearean adaptations, among other plays. More guest roles on television continued, including episodes of The Waltons, Hawaii Five-O and Trapper John, M.D. In 1982, Marsha switched to comedy as uptight Roz Keith in the 1982-83 TV show 9 to 5, which was based on the film of the same name. Her next regularly scheduled role was as Mrs. Crocker in the 2000-01 British children's drama The Ghost Hunter. Marsh also wrote several novels, including two based on The House of Eliott; Fiennders Keepers; and Iris. Marsh was married to Doctor Who actor Jon Pertwee for five years before their divorce in 1960 and she also had relationships with actors Kenneth Haigh, Albert Finney and Sir Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Yahoo
13-04-2025
- Entertainment
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Jean Marsh, Upstairs, Downstairs Star and Doctor Who Vet, Dead at 90
Jean Marsh, the actress who co-created and starred in Upstairs, Downstairs, has died. She was 90. Marsh passed away Sunday at her home in London from complications of dementia, her close friend, filmmaker Michael Lindsay-Hogg, told the New York Times. More from TVLine Nicky Katt, Boston Public Actor, Dead at 54 Doctor Who Stars Praise Season Premiere's Stealth, 'Compassionate' Take on [Spoiler] Culture - Grade It Jay North, Dennis the Menace Star, Dead at 73 Marsh co-created Upstairs, Downstairs, and starred in the series as parlormaid Rose Buck. The ITV drama ran from 1971-1975, during which time Marsh was nominated for three primetime Emmys. She won once in 1976 for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. BBC Wales went on to produce a continuation of the show that ran from 2010-2012. Marsh reprised her role as Rose, and earned her fourth Emmy nomination. Doctor Who fans might recognize Marsh as Sara Kingdom, who fights the mutant Daleks alongside William Hartnell's Doctor in Season 3 of the BBC series in 1965-66. Her other TV credits include The Informer, Nine to Five, No Strings, The Tomorrow People, The Ghost Hunter and Sensitive Skin. On the film side, she had roles in Willow, The Eagle Has Landed, Frenzy, Return to Oz and more. Marsh's most recent acting credit was in 2022 for Disney+'s TV reboot of Willow. TV Stars We Lost in 2025 View Gallery21 Images Best of TVLine Yellowjackets Mysteries: An Up-to-Date List of the Series' Biggest Questions (and Answers?) The Emmys' Most Memorable Moments: Laughter, Tears, Historical Wins, 'The Big One' and More 'Missing' Shows, Found! The Latest on Severance, Holey Moley, Poker Face, YOU, Primo, Transplant and 25+ Others
