Marcia Warren

Marcia Warren (born 26 November 1943) is an English stage, film and television actress. On stage, she appeared in Blithe Spirit as Madame Arcati and The Sea at the 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 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. She was also nominated for another in 2001 for In Flame at the New Ambassadors Theatre. For her role as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother in The Crown, Warren received two nominations for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.

Filmography Film

Television

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)