Ania Marson
Ania Marson is an Anglo-Polish actress. Her roles include playing the Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia in Nicholas and Alexandra (1971), and the demon Voleth Meir, 'the Deathless Mother' in The Witcher Ania Marson was born May 22, 1949, in Gdynia, Pomorskie Voivodeship, Poland. She studied acting at the Corona Stage Academy In 1963, Marson appeared on television in the series Dixon of Dock Green, then in other series such as The Troubleshooters in 1968 and Detective in 1969. In the 1970s, she appeared in Puppet on a Chain, and Nicholas and Alexandra in 1971, in which she played the Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia. She subsequently appeared in Emma in 1972, The Abdication (1974), Blake's 7 (1978). and Bad Timing in 1980. In 2011 she appeared as Diana in Home Death, directed by Fiona Morrell, at the Finborough Theatre. In 2015, after a twenty-five year absence from film and television, she appeared as Olga Kowalski in an episode of Foyle's War. In 2021, she played the demon Voleth Meir, 'the Deathless Mother' which feeds on misery, pain, and hate, in season two, for five episodes of The Witcher, alongside Anya Chalotra
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- 2024 · We Might Regret This as Doreen
- 2023 · Unwelcome as Mother Redcap
- 2022 · See How They Run as Mother
- 2021 · The Wheel of Time as Older Latra
- 2021 · Father Christmas Is Back as Jane
- 2021 · Ruth as Ruth
- 2019 · The Witcher as Voleth Meir
- 2019 · Mrs Lowry & Son as Bearded Woman
- 2019 · Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler as Lady Catherine
- 2019 · Ghosts as Heather Button
- 2018 · Sunburn as Matron
- 2018 · The Convent as Sister Elizabeth
- 2018 · Killing Eve as Ethel Rubynovitch
- 2018 · The Alienist as Miss Effie
- 2017 · The Party: a virtual experience of autism as Granny
- 2017 · 2036: Nexus Dawn as Lawmaker No. 4
- 2017 · Don't Knock Twice as Mary Aminov
- 2015 · Howl as Jenny
- 1990 · Small Zones as Lazareva
- 1988 · Eskimos Do It as Dr. Wilson
- 1980 · Bad Timing as Dr. Schneider
- 1978 · Blake's 7 as Geela
- 1976 · The Frontiers of Science as Katie Cook
- 1974 · The Abdication as Ebba
- 1972 · Emma as Jane Fairfax
- 1972 · The Merchant of Venice as Jessica
- 1971 · Nicholas and Alexandra as Olga
- 1970 · Puppet on a Chain as Astrid Lemay