Marcia Warren (born 26 November 1942) is an English stage, film and television actress. On stage, she appeared in ''
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'' as Madame Arcati and ''
The Sea'' (2008) at the
Theatre Royal, Haymarket. She is currently appearing in
Netflix
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's
fifth season of ''
The Crown
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'', in which she plays
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
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.
She is a two time
Olivier Award winner.
Early life
Warren trained as an actress at
Guildhall School of Music and Drama in
London
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, 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
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.
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
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'' and ''
Inside No. 9''.
Awards
She has won two
Laurence Olivier Theatre Awards for
Best Actress in a Supporting Role—one in 1984 for ''
Stepping Out'' and the other in 2002 for ''
Humble Boy'' at the
Royal National Theatre
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. She was also nominated for another in 2001 for ''
In Flame
Charlotte Jones is a British actress, screenwriter and playwright.
Career
Her first play '' Airswimming'' debuted in 1997 at the Battersea Arts Centre in London. Her other plays include ''In Flame'', ''The Dark'', ''The Lightning Play'', and ...
'' at the
New Ambassadors Theatre.
Filmography
Film
Television
Video games
References
External links
*
''20 Questions ... Marcia Warren'' WhatsOnStage, 2003-2-10
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Living people
English film actresses
English stage actresses
English television actresses
Laurence Olivier Award winners
People from Watford
1943 births
Actresses from Hertfordshire
20th-century English actresses
21st-century English actresses