Jean Marsh — a longtime British star who appeared in a number of hit ’80s motion pictures — has handed away … TMZ has confirmed.

Lesley Duff — Marsh’s longtime agent — tells us Jean did certainly go away Sunday whereas additionally sharing a press release from Michael Lindsay-Hogg — a pioneer within the music video business and pal of Marsh’s — revealing she handed at her house in London Sunday attributable to problems of dementia.

Lindsay-Hogg says he and Marsh have been shut for 60 years, talking nearly every day during the last 40 … including she was a clever, humorous, fairly, form particular person — proficient as each an actress and author — who was cherished by everybody who met her.

Marsh started her display profession within the late Forties … showing in a sequence of uncredited roles in smaller reveals earlier than grabbing bit components on “The Twilight Zone” and “I Spy” in addition to a small position within the Elizabeth Taylor-led flick “Cleopatra.”

Jean grabbed Britain’s consideration within the mid-Nineteen Seventies by creating the present “Upstairs, Downstairs” … a drama following the prosperous Bellamy and their servants — not in contrast to “Downton Abbey.”

The present — on which Marsh performed the character Rose Buck — ran in England from 1971 to 1975 and in the USA from 1974 to 1977 … netting Marsh two Golden Globe nominations and three Emmy nods — profitable one of many latter awards in 1975.

Throughout the Eighties, Marsh grabbed a number of outstanding roles … together with enjoying the villain Queen Bavmorda in Ron Howard and George Lucas‘ fantasy drama ‘Willow” and enjoying a number of recurring characters within the traditional “Physician Who” sequence.

Amongst her quite a few different credit … “Return to Oz,” “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court docket,” “Homicide, She Wrote,” “Dangerfield,” “Grantchester,” “The Love Boat,” and “Goliath Awaits.”

Marsh reprised her position as Queen Bavmorda within the 2022 TV spin-off of “Willow” … marking her ultimate display look earlier than her loss of life.

Jean was 90.