Umukinnyi w’icyamamare w’Umwongerezakazi, Jean Marsh, wamenyekanye cyane nk’umwe mu bashinze akanakinamo ikinamico yamenyekanye ku isi hose “Upstairs, Downstairs”, yapfiriye iwe mu rugo i Londres ku myaka 90.
Urupfu rwe rwemejwe n’inshuti ye magara, umwanditsi n’umuhanga mu gukora filime Michael Lindsay-Hogg, wavuze ko Jean Marsh yitabye Imana mu mahoro ku Cyumweru. Impamvu y’urupfu rwe yatangajwe nk’ingaruka za dementia (uburwayi bwo kwibagirwa bujyanye no gusaza).
Jean Marsh, wamenyekanye cyane kubera imisusire ye idasanzwe n’uburyo yihagararaho mu ruhame, yabaye icyamamare mu myaka ya 1970 kubera uruhare rwe nka Rose Buck — umukobwa ukora mu rugo w’intangarugero, utajya aripfana ariko wuje urukundo — muri ya nkuru yakunzwe cyane ya ITV “Upstairs, Downstairs”, yashushanyaga ubuzima bw’abantu mu gihe cy’ubwami bw’Umwami Edward.
Iyi nkuru yaciye agahigo kuko yakunzwe ku mpande zombi z’Inyanja ya Atlantic, yerekanwa mu Bwongereza hagati ya 1971 na 1975, no muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika hagati ya 1974 na 1977, ikurura miliyoni z’abayikurikira.
Uko yitwaye nka Rose byamuhesheje igihembo gikomeye cya Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series — kimwe mu bihembo birindwi by’iyi nkuru, irimo n’igihembo cy’icyubahiro cya Peabody Award.
Jean Marsh yavukiye i Stoke Newington mu majyaruguru y’i Londres mu 1934. Yatangiye gukina ku rubyiniro mbere yo kumenyekana kuri televiziyo no muri sinema mu myaka ya 1950 na 1960.
Yagize igihe kirekire mu ruganda rwa sinema, arenga imyaka 60, aho yagaragaye mu bice byinshi byiganjemo amafilime ya siyansi, Hollywood ndetse n’amakinamico ya televiziyo.
Mbere yo kumenyekana cyane, yagaragaye mu duce twa mbere twa Doctor Who, harimo n’uduce twamenyekanye nka The Daleks’ Master Plan mu 1965 aho yakinnye nka Sara Kingdom, umwe mu bagore ba mbere b’inkwakuzi muri iyo nkuru.
Yagize uruhare kandi muri sinema zikomeye nka A Clockwork Orange ya Stanley Kubrick, Frenzy ya Alfred Hitchcock, ndetse na Casino Royale yo mu 1967 (version y’urwenya ya James Bond).
Yagaragaye kandi muri sinema z’ibitangaza (fantasy) zakunzwe nko muri Return to Oz (1985) no muri Willow (1988), aho yakinnye nka Queen Bavmorda, umwamikazi w’umugome mu buryo bwazamuye igipimo cy’ikinamico.
Ku rubuga rwa televiziyo, Jean Marsh yari izina rizwi muri byinshi, harimo The Twilight Zone, The Love Boat, The House of Eliott, ndetse na 9 to 5. Yagaragaye kandi mu buhinduzi bwa za nkuru za Shakespeare, akinana n’ibyamamare nka Laurence Olivier na Judi Dench.
Ariko sezerano rye ry’ibihe byose ryabaye Upstairs, Downstairs, nk’uwagize uruhare mu kuyihanga hamwe n’inshuti ye akaba n’umukinnyi Eileen Atkins. Aha ni ho yakinnye nka Rose Buck, umukobwa ukora mu rugo w’intangarugero mu bihe bya Edwardian, ubwo iyi nkuru yacaga kuri ITV hagati ya 1971 na 1975.
Iyi nkuru yahindutse icyamamare ku rwego mpuzamahanga, itsindira ibihembo birindwi bya Emmy, kimwe cya BAFTA n’icyo cyubahiro cya Peabody. Marsh yegukanye Emmy mu 1975 nk’umukinnyi w’imbere wahize abandi mu ikinamico – igihembo gake cyane ku Banyaburayi icyo gihe.
Mu 2010, Jean Marsh yasubiye muri iyo nkuru mu buryo bushya bwa BBC, Upstairs, Downstairs Revival, akinamo nka nyina w’urugo (housekeeper), ahuza abari bayikurikiye mbere n’abashya.
Nubwo yari icyamamare, Marsh yakomeje kwitonda mu buzima bwe bwite. Yigeze gushakana n’umukinnyi Jon Pertwee, wabaye Doctor wa Gatatu muri Doctor Who mu myaka ya 1950, ariko nyuma baratandukana, bakomeza kuba inshuti.
Yari azwiho ubwenge, ubwitonzi n’uburanga. Jean Marsh ntiyari umukinnyi usanzwe, ahubwo yari n’intangarugero mu kurwanira ijwi ry’abagore mu buhanzi no mu itangazamakuru.
Mu 2012, yashyizwe mu cyiciro cy’abahawe Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) kubera uruhare rwe mu guteza imbere ibijyanye n’ikinamico n’ubuhanzi.
Jean Marsh azahora yibukwa nk’umwe mu bagore b’intwari, intyoza mu mikino ya sinema no kuri televiziyo, ndetse n’umusemburo w’impinduka mu mateka y’ikinamico y’Abongereza.
