Marion Winter was born in Berlin, the third of six children of a civil servant who had charge of the administration of the national theatres. She was educated at the Grunewald-Gymnasium in Berlin (now the Walther-Rathenau-Oberschule).
Marion Winter was born in Berlin, the third of six children of a civil servant who managed the administration of national theatres. She was educated at the Grunewald-Gymnasium in Berlin (now known as the Walther-Rathenau-Oberschule).