Marcia Warren

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Marcia Warren
Born (1943-11-26) 26 November 1943 (age 80)
OccupationActress
Years active1970–present

Marcia Warren (born 26 November 1943) is an English stage, film and television actress. On stage, she appeared in

Theatre Royal, Haymarket. In 2022 and 2023, she starred as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother in seasons 5 and 6 of the Netflix historical drama series The Crown
.

She is a two-time

Olivier Award
winner.

Early life

Warren trained as an actress at Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, graduating in 1963. From there on she took the path of many of her performing contemporaries, acting in repertory throughout the country – beginning as an assistant stage manager in David Copperfield in Salisbury.

Career

From 1983 to 1986 she played Vera in the BBC sitcom, No Place Like Home. From 2013 to 2016, she played the role of Penelope in the ITV sitcom Vicious and also starred in the 2014 sitcom Edge of Heaven as Nanny Mo. She has also appeared in Keeping Up Appearances, Midsomer Murders and Inside No. 9.

Awards

She has won two

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1986 Mr. Love Doris Lovelace
1994
Don't Get Me Started
Pauline Lewis
2004 Gladiatress Queen Tuathfhlaifthfth
2005 Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont Vera Post
The Jealous God Mrs. Dungarvan
2011 Hattie Esma Cannon
2012 Run for Your Wife Woman on seat
2016 Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie Lubliana

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1972 Public Eye Waitress "Girl in Blue"
1983–1986 No Place Like Home Vera Botting sitcom
1986 We'll Think of Something Maureen Brooks ITV sitcom
1986 I Woke Up One Morning Doris BBC sitcom
1991 Miss Pym's Day Out Dora Caldicote
1992 Keeping Up Appearances Bunty sitcom
1995 Searching Chancy's Mum sitcom
1996–1998 Dangerfield Angela Wakefield drama
2000 Coronation Street Gladys Braithwaite guest role
2003–2004 My Dad's the Prime Minister Granny Philips sitcom
2006 Housewife, 49 Mrs Lord
2006, 2008 Jam & Jerusalem Lady Anne Crump sitcom
2007 Midsomer Murders Melissa Shrike “Death in a Chocolate Box” (Series 10, Episode 8)
2008 Consuming Passion: 100 Years of Mills & Boon Elsie BBC Four drama
2008 The Long Walk to Finchley Old Dear BBC Four drama
2009
Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
Arnica
2011 The Café Alice Dobson
Sky1
2013–2016 Vicious Penelope ITV sitcom
2014 Father Brown Miss. Audrey Diggle "The Pride of the Prydes" Episode 2.3
2014 Edge of Heaven Nanny Mo ITV sitcom
2014 Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death Mrs. Boggle
Sky1
2015 Crackanory Dolly Coblington Series 3, Episode 6
2017 Sherlock Vivian Norbury "The Six Thatchers" (Series 4, Episode 1)
2017 Josh Violet Series 3, Episode 4
2018 Inside No. 9 Alice "Zanzibar" (Series 4, Episode 1)
2019
Don’t Forget the Driver
Joy Series 1
2019 Not Going Out Mrs. Hoskins Halloween Special (Series 10, Episode 8)
2019 Midsomer Murders Belinda Braun “The Causton Lions” (Series 20, Episode 4)
2022–2023 The Crown Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Main role (
6)[5]
2023 Beyond Paradise Floella Episode 5

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2003 Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness Margot Carvier (voice only)
2014 Dark Souls II Morrel/Merchant Hag Melentia (voice only)

References

  1. ^ "Olivier Winners 1984". Official London Theatre. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Olivier Winners 2002". Official London Theatre. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Olivier Winners 2001". Official London Theatre. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Nominations Announced for the 30th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®" (Press release). Screen Actors Guild. 10 January 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  5. ^ Veteran actress Marcia Warren cast as The Queen Mother in 'The Crown' MediaMole TV News, August 3, 2021

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