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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Jean Marsh, the British actress who co-created the enduring serialized hit TV series “Upstairs, Downstairs,” died Sunday at the age of 90. The Sunday Times of London said Marsh died at her ...

LONDON, UK — Jean Marsh, the Emmy-winning British actress who co-created and starred in the groundbreaking 1970s television drama "Upstairs, Downstairs," died Sunday at her home in London. She ...

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 ...

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 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 confirmed ...

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 ...

Ms. Marsh and Atkins, her “Upstairs, Downstairs” co-creator, reunited to create another period drama, “The House of Eliott,” about two sisters who start a dressmaking business in 1920s London.