“I have friends who live in sweet places in Islington but I have a morbid fear of going back, even though they are very fashionable now. The places we lived in were crumbly. They carry a pall for me.”

English actress and writer

Jean Lyndsey Torren Marsh was an English actress and writer, best known for co-creating and starring in the ITV series Upstairs, Downstairs. She was born in 1934 and is especially associated with the role of Rose Buck, which brought her major recognition. Marsh won the 1975 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for Upstairs, Downstairs, and later returned to the same role in the BBC revival from 2010 to 2012. Her work is closely tied to television drama, especially the world portrayed in that series.