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Date of Birth : Jul 1st 1934

English actress, occasional screenwriter, and co-creator of the television series Upstairs, Downstairs and The House of Eliott.

Marsh received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her performance as Rose Buck in Upstairs, Downstairs in 1975. Marsh made many appearances on British and American television programmes in the 1950s and 1960s, including The Twilight Zone, playing a robotic companion in the episode “The Lonely” (1959), The Wonderful World of Disney (1961), Gideon’s Way (1965), I Spy (1967), The Saint (four episodes between 1964 and 1968) and UFO (1970).

She has appeared several times in the BBC series Doctor Who. She first appeared alongside William Hartnell in the 1965 serial “The Crusade” as Lady Joanna. She returned later that year as companion Sara Kingdom in the 12-part serial “The Daleks’ Masterplan”. Although the character was killed off at the end of that serial, Marsh reprised the role of Sara Kingdom in the 2008 audio play “Home Truths”. She would also appear in the 1989 television serial “Battlefield”, as well as the 2007 audio play “The Wishing Beast”. Marsh was featured as Bertha Mason Rochester in the George C. Scott-Susannah York version of Jane Eyre, directed by Delbert Mann. The film was released theatrically in the United Kingdom in 1970 and shown in the United States on NBC Television in 1971.

With Eileen Atkins she created the British period drama Upstairs, Downstairs, and played the role of the house parlourmaid Rose Buck for the duration of the series, from 1971 until 1975. The program was popular in various parts of the world including the United States; Marsh received an Emmy Award for her role in 1975, and was nominated for the same award in 1974 and 1976. She also received two Golden Globe nominations for this role.


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Fatherland ( 1994 )

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Return to Oz ( 1985 )

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