Blanche Marvin

Blanche Marvin ( Schein; also known as Blanche Zohar; 17 January 1925 – 13 January 2026), was an American-born British theatre critic, producer, writer, actress and dancer, long-based in London.

Life and career Marvin was born Blanche Schein

According to Marvin, she once rebuffed a pass from Marlon Brando. She became a close friend of Tennessee Williams, whom she met through Margo Jones, who directed the Broadway production of The Glass Menagerie. Marvin later claimed Williams had named his lead character in A Streetcar Named Desire, Blanche DuBois, after her. She married American producer Mark Marvin, 17 years her senior. and appeared as a "castaway" on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 16 November 2012.

A widow since 1958, Blanche Marvin died at her home in London on 13 January 2026, four days before her 101st birthday.