The British actress won an Emmy for her performance as the prim and proper parlormaid Rose Buck on the acclaimed ITV drama. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Jean Marsh, the sleek British actress who ...

Jean Marsh as Rose Buck: Upstairs Downstairs drew audiences of 30 million, was sold to 80 countries and won her an Emmy - John Hedgecoe/Popperfoto ...

But her big break came when she and Atkins, who was also from a lower class background, had the idea for Upstairs, Downstairs. Marsh’s mother had worked as a housemaid, and Atkins’ father had ...

Marsh and her best friend, actress Eileen Atkins — both came from working class backgrounds — created Upstairs, Downstairs, set in a large London country house at 165 Eaton Place that was home ...

Marsh portrayed Rose, the stern but good-hearted Cockney parlor maid in "Upstairs, Downstairs," which explored ... becoming a theater dresser — a background that informed Marsh's portrayal ...

The idea for "Upstairs, Downstairs" came after several conversations with Eileen Atkins. "We came from the same background, a working-class background, and we were thinking idly about trying to ...

Jean Marsh, the creator and star of the beloved 1970s series “Upstairs, Downstairs,” died Sunday of dementia at her home in London. She was 90. Marsh’s close friend Michael Lindsay-Hogg ...

Jean Marsh, the Emmy award-winning actor who co-created and acted in the ’70s British drama series “Upstairs, Downstairs,” died Sunday in her London home. She was 90. Marsh’s death was ...

Jean Marsh, the striking British-born actress who was both the co-creator and a beloved Emmy-winning star of “Upstairs, Downstairs,” the seminal 1970s British drama series about class in ...

Jean Marsh, a British stage and screen actress who captivated television viewers around the world as a creator and star of “Upstairs, Downstairs,” the Emmy-winning 1970s series exploring ...