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.

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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