Jean Marsh
Birthday: 1 July 1934, Stoke Newington, London, England, UK
Birth Name: Jean Lyndsay Torren Marsh
Height: 169 cm
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 start ...Show More
[on Downton Abbey (2010)] I think we were all surprised. The new Upstairs, Downstairs had been in th Show more
[on Downton Abbey (2010)] I think we were all surprised. The new Upstairs, Downstairs had been in the works for about three years. We were trying to sort out... 40 years of rights and then it also started - Downton Abbey - in the Edwardian era, which Upstairs, Downstairs did. So it might be a coincidence and I might be the queen of Belgium. Hide
[asked if she owns a piece of Upstairs, Downstairs (1971)] I get a residual for the idea as much as Show more
[asked if she owns a piece of Upstairs, Downstairs (1971)] I get a residual for the idea as much as I get a residual for the acting. It's a very low fee. I think I got something like $100 an episode initially for the idea, and my royalty is based on that rate. I've got a saying: "If it had been made in America I'd be Mary Tyler Moore. As it is, I'm Mary Tyler Less." Hide
Jean Marsh's FILMOGRAPHY
as Actor (166)
Jean Marsh'S roles
Queen Bavmorda
Sara Kingdom
Monica Barling
Nurse Wilson
Joanna Russell
