‘Return to Oz’ and ‘Willow’ Actress Jean Marsh Has Passed Away

Emmy winning English actress Jean Marsh passed away yesterday as a result of complications from dementia. She was 90. She terrorized many ’80s kids as the head-switching princess Mombi in Return to Oz and the evil queen Bavmorda in Willow, Marsh’s other genre roles include with Alfred Hitchcock‘s Frenzy, haunted house classic The Changeling, Dark […] The post ‘Return to Oz’ and ‘Willow’ Actress Jean Marsh Has Passed Away appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.

Apr 14, 2025 - 15:03

‘Return to Oz’ and ‘Willow’ Actress Jean Marsh Has Passed Away

Emmy winning English actress Jean Marsh passed away yesterday as a result of complications from dementia. She was 90.

She terrorized many ’80s kids as the head-switching princess Mombi in Return to Oz and the evil queen Bavmorda in Willow,

Marsh’s other genre roles include with Alfred Hitchcock‘s Frenzy, haunted house classic The Changeling, Dark Places opposite Christopher Lee, and the Twilight Zone episode “The Lonely,” in which she played a lifelike robot.

She also co-created and starred in the acclaimed period drama “Upstairs, Downstairs,” for which she won an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.

Other notable roles among Marsh’s 100+ credits include “Doctor Who,” Cleopatra, and The Eagle Has Landed.