{"id":320450,"date":"2025-04-14T07:07:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T12:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/willow-actress-and-emmy-winner-jean-marsh-dead-at-90"},"modified":"2025-04-14T07:07:27","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T12:07:27","slug":"willow-actress-and-emmy-winner-jean-marsh-dead-at-90","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/willow-actress-and-emmy-winner-jean-marsh-dead-at-90","title":{"rendered":"'Willow' Actress and Emmy Winner Jean Marsh Lifeless at ninety"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jean Marsh<\/strong> — a longtime British star who appeared in several hit ’80s movies — has passed away … TMZ has confirmed.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Lesley Duff <\/strong>— Marsh’s longtime agent — tells us Jean did indeed pass away Sunday while also sharing a statement from Michael Lindsay-Hogg <\/strong>— a pioneer in the music video industry and pal of Marsh’s — revealing she passed at her home in London Sunday due to complications of dementia.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Lindsay-Hogg says he and Marsh were close for 60 years, speaking almost daily over the last 40 … adding she was a wise, funny, pretty, kind person — talented as both an actress and writer — who was loved by everyone who met her.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Marsh began her screen career in the late 1940s … appearing in a series of uncredited roles in smaller shows before grabbing bit parts on “The Twilight Zone” and “I Spy” as well as a small role in the Elizabeth Taylor<\/strong>-led flick “Cleopatra.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n


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Jean grabbed Britain’s attention in the mid-1970s by creating the show “Upstairs, Downstairs” … a drama following the affluent Bellamy and their servants — not unlike “Downton Abbey.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The show — on which Marsh played the character Rose Buck — ran in England from 1971 to 1975 and in the United States from 1974 to 1977 … netting Marsh two Golden Globe nominations and three Emmy nods — winning one of the latter awards in 1975.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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During the 1980s, Marsh grabbed several prominent roles … including playing the villain Queen Bavmorda in Ron Howard<\/strong><\/a> and George Lucas<\/strong><\/a>‘ fantasy drama ‘Willow” and playing several recurring characters in the classic “Doctor Who” series.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Among her numerous other credits … “Return to Oz,” “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court,” “Murder, She Wrote,” “Dangerfield,” “Grantchester,” “The Love Boat,” and “Goliath Awaits.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Marsh reprised her role as Queen Bavmorda in the 2022 TV spin-off of “Willow” … marking her final screen appearance before her death.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Jean was 90.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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