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Jean Lyndsey Torren Marsh OBE (born 1 July 1934) is an English actress and writer. She co-created and starred in the ITV series Upstairs, Downstairs (1971–75), for which she won the 1975 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her performance as Rose Buck.
Jean Marsh is a British actress who starred in Doctor Who, Upstairs, Downstairs, and The House of Eliott. She also wrote novels and created two TV series based on them.
Jean Marsh is a British actress who co-created and starred in Upstairs, Downstairs and The House of Eliott. She also appeared in Doctor Who, The Twilight Zone, Return to Oz and Willow.
In this exclusive interview, Jean Marsh talks about her roles in the fantasy films Willow and Return to Oz, as well as the classic TV series Upstairs Downstairs. She shares her memories, insights ...
Jean Marsh takes home the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series for her work in UPSTAIRS DOWNSTAIRS at the 27th Primetime Emmys. ...more.
Upstairs, Downstairs was originally an idea by two actress friends, Jean Marsh and Eileen Atkins, for a comedy titled Behind the Green Baize Door. It focused on two housemaids, played by Marsh and Atkins, in a large English country house in the Victorian era. They soon added a family upstairs, as Marsh recognised "Servants have to serve somebody".
Upstairs, Downstairs …. Creator. 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.
