
Ania Marson
Department: Acting
Biography
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
Known For

Unwelcome
2023

Bad Timing
1980

Nicholas and Alexandra
1971

The Abdication
1974

Eskimos Do It
1988

See How They Run
2022

Puppet on a Chain
1970

Don't Knock Twice
2017

The Convent
2018

2036: Nexus Dawn
2017

The Merchant of Venice
1972

Howl
2015

Sunburn
2018

Mrs Lowry & Son
2019

Father Christmas Is Back
2021

Ruth
2021

The Frontiers of Science
1976

Small Zones
1990

The Party: a virtual experience of autism
2017

Tabletop
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The Witcher
2019

Blake's 7
1978

Killing Eve
2018

Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
2019

The Alienist
2018

Ghosts
2019

We Might Regret This
2024

The Wheel of Time
2021

Foyle's War
2002

BBC Play of the Month
1965

Target
1977

Emma
1972

Supernatural
1977

Victorian Scandals
1976