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 ...

By Anita Gates 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 ...

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 ...