English actress JanmaschKnown for her role in the fantasy film “Willow” and the ITV series “2nd Floor, 2nd Floor”, she died at the age of 90 due to complications of dementia.
Her longtime agent, Leslie Duff, confirmed the news with Fox News Digital, saying, “To represent Jean over the years, she’ll be greatly overlooked.”
Duff also provided a statement from Marsh’s best friend, director Michael Lindsay Hogg. He said, “Jean died peacefully in the bed seen by one of her very beloved caregivers.”
“We’ve been very close for 60 years,” he added. “She was as wise and funny as anyone I’ve ever met, very pretty and kind, and talented as both an actress and a writer. She was an instinctively empathetic person loved by everyone who met her. We spoke on the phone almost every day for the past 40 years.”
Jean Marche passed away at the age of 90. Her longtime agent, Leslie Duff, was confirmed by Fox News Digital. (Mike Marsland/Wire Image)
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Marsh began his acting career in the 1950s and appeared on British and American television in 1959, including an episode of The Twilight Zone entitled “The Lonely.”
She also appeared opposite Laurence Olivier in “Moon and the Sixpence,” and among other film roles Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton in “Cleopatra.”
Young audiences may recognize her most from her role as Bab Molda, the evil Queen in 1988’s Willow. Val Kilmerand as the witch Monbi, he “returns to Oz.”
Marsh’s television career also included co-creating the hit ITV series Upstairs, Downstairs, following the wealthy Bellamy family and her servants, including her character Roseback.
Jean Marche co-created and starred in “2nd Floor.” (Universal History Archive/Universal Images group via Getty Images)
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The role was the outstanding lead actress in the drama series, and was nominated for Marsh four Emmy Awards in 1975, earning one victory.
“2nd floor, downstairs” She revived in 2010 between 1971 and 1975, and Marsh changed her role.
Marsh was appointed to the Office of the Order of the British Empire in 2012 for his service to the drama.
Other roles throughout her long career include: Alfred Hitchcock The roles of television in “Frenzy”, “Dark Places”, “The Changeling”, “The Saint”, “I Spy”, and “Doctor Who.”
Marsh had many proxy credits in her name and was appointed in 2012 to the Office of the Order of the British Empire. (Shawn Dempsey – WPA Pool/Getty Images)
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She also had a career on the West End stage in London, writing five novels.
Marsh’s final credit-on-screen role was the Disney+Revival series of “Willow,” which changed her role as Queen Bab Molda.
Born in Stoke Newington, London on July 1, 1934, Marsh temporarily married John Pertwie of “Doctor Who,” and later Albert Finney, Kennate Hay, and Michael Lindsay Hogg.
Among her acting works, Marsh also wrote five novels. (Dave M. Bennett/Getty Images)
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“I had a partner who thought about getting married, and someone thought about getting married,” she said. Telecommunications for 2010. “The problem was that we never thought of it at the same time. I should have taken the advice of my mother, who told me I should get married 50 years ago and settle down.”
