Margery Mason
Born: 1913-09-27 in Hackney, London, England, UK
Died: 2014-01-26
Known For: Acting
Biography
Margery Mason (September 27, 1913 – January 26, 2014) was an English actress and director. She was the artistic director of the Repertory Theatre in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland in the 1960s. Mason played Sarah Stevens, the mother in John Hopkins' four-play cycle Talking to a Stranger (1966). A family drama with four characters, the viewpoint of Sarah Stevens was depicted in the fourth play, The Innocent Must Suffer. Her film roles included Charlie Bubbles (1968), Clegg (1970), The Raging Moon (1971), Made (1972), Hennessy (1975), the bullying teacher's wife in Pink Floyd – The Wall (1982), Terry on the Fence (1986), a game show contestant in Victoria Wood Presents (1989), 101 Dalmatians (1996), Love Actually (2003), and the lady who works the sweets trolley in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005). She played "The Ancient Booer" in the 1987 film The Princess Bride. Her television roles include appearances on Midsomer Murders, Peak Practice and Juliet Bravo (1982) (Series 1, Ep. 8). She played Mrs Porter in the Granada TV series A Family at War during 1970–71
Filmography
2005
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire as Food Trolley Lady
2003
- Love Actually as Harris Street Old Lady
- Three Sisters as Anfisa
1998
- Reckless: The Sequel as Myrtle Fairley
1997
- Midsomer Murders as Lydia Villiers
- Jonathan Creek as Audrey Panguitch
- Reckless as Myrtle Fairley
1996
- 101 Dalmatians as Woman On Park Bench
1994
- Cadfael as Agatha Coliar
1993
- Peak Practice as Alice North
- The Hawk as Greengrocer
- Femme Fatale as Mrs. Armitage
1992
- Heartbeat as Mrs. Challis
- A Touch of Frost as Mme Archer
- Howards End as Wedding Guests
1991
- Ex as Joan
- Misterioso as Mrs Jackson
1989
- Agatha Christie's Poirot as Amelia Barrowby
- A Beginners Guide to Freud as Martha Freud
- Victoria Wood as Alma Mottershed
1988
- Wall of Tyranny as Lina
1987
- The Princess Bride as The Ancient Booer
- The Trial of Klaus Barbie as Feldblum
- Never Say Die
1986
- Lovejoy as Mrs Mulligan
1985
- Screen Two as Mrs. Armitage
1984
1982
- Soft Targets as Celia's Mother
- Pink Floyd: The Wall as Teacher's Wife
- The Agatha Christie Hour as Mrs. Lithinglow
- The New Adventures of Lucky Jim as Mrs. Dixon
- Keeping in Touch as Mother
1980
- The Gentle Touch as Mrs Felix
1979
- Tales of the Unexpected as Mrs Saunders
- Father's Day as Mrs Rice-Davies
1978
- The Girl Who Walked Quickly as Mrs. Cooper
1976
- A Martyr to the System as Mrs Harvey
1975
- Hennessy as Housekeeper
- The Evacuees as Mrs. Graham
- The Floater as Mrs. Miller
1974
- Playhouse as Mrs. Harvey
1973
1972
- Still Waters as Maud
- Made as Mrs Marshall
1971
- The Raging Moon as Matron
- £60 Single, £100 Return as Mrs Bray
1970
- Play for Today as Celia's Mother
- Shadows of Fear as Margaret
1969
1968
- The Expert as Miss Peters
- Charlie Bubbles as Mrs. Noseworthy
- A Bit of Crucifixion, Father as Madge
1965
- Gideon's Way as Mabel Short
1964
- Theatre 625 as Sarah Kahn
1962
- You in Your Small Corner as Mum
1960
- Coronation Street as May Schofield
1956
- Hancock's Half Hour
- Armchair Theatre as Mrs. Leatherbound