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Jean Marsh, award-winning star and co-creator of Upstairs Downstairs, dies aged 90

Jean Marsh, the actress who helped create Upstairs Downstairs and also starred in the series, has died aged 90.

Picture: Alamy Jean Marsh, the actress who helped create Upstairs Downstairs and also starred in the series, has died aged 90. Picture: Alamy Marsh played Rose Buck, a stern but lovable maid, winning an Emmy award in 1975. Film performances included Cleopatra in 1963, Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy in 1972, The Eagle Has Landed in 1976, The Changeling in 1980, Return to Oz in 1985, Willow in 1988, Fatherland in 1994, and Monarch in 2000.

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