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Jean Marsh, Actress Who Co-Created ‘Upstairs, Downstairs,’ Dies at 90

She not only helped develop the hit 1970s show, but also acted in it, and had a decades-long career in film, TV and theater.

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Jean Marsh as the maid Rose Buck in “Upstairs, Downstairs” in 1974 with Gordon Jackson as the butler Angus Hudson. Ms. Marsh was both an Emmy-winning star of the show and a co-creator.

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