Margery Mason

Acting

Born September 27, 1913, Hackney, London, England, UK

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

• 2005Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire — Food Trolley Lady
• 2003Love Actually — Harris Street Old Lady
• 2003Three Sisters — Anfisa
• 1998Reckless: The Sequel — Myrtle Fairley
• Jonathan Creek — Audrey Panguitch
• Midsomer Murders — Lydia Villiers
• Reckless — Myrtle Fairley
• 1996101 Dalmatians — Woman On Park Bench
• Cadfael — Agatha Coliar
• 1993Femme Fatale — Mrs. Armitage
• Peak Practice — Alice North
• 1993The Hawk — Greengrocer
• A Touch of Frost — Mme Archer
• Heartbeat — Mrs. Challis
• 1992Howards End — Wedding Guests
• 1991Ex — Joan
• 1991Misterioso — Mrs Jackson
• 1989A Beginners Guide to Freud — Martha Freud
• Agatha Christie's Poirot — Amelia Barrowby
• Victoria Wood — Alma Mottershed
• The Play on One — Mrs Jackson
• 1988Wall of Tyranny — Lina
• Never Say Die
• 1987The Princess Bride — The Ancient Booer
• 1987The Trial of Klaus Barbie — Feldblum
• Lovejoy — Mrs Mulligan
• Screen Two — Mrs. Armitage
• 1984Long Live the Babe — Mrs. Maloney
• The Bill
• 1982Keeping in Touch — Mother
• 1982Pink Floyd: The Wall — Teacher's Wife
• 1982Soft Targets — Celia's Mother
• The Agatha Christie Hour — Mrs Lithinglow
• The New Adventures of Lucky Jim — Mrs. Dixon
• 1982With My Little Eye — Gran
• A Question of Guilt — Susan
• The Gentle Touch — Mrs Felix
• 1979Father's Day — Mrs Rice-Davies
• Tales of the Unexpected — Mrs Saunders
• Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm — Aunt Jane
• 1978The Girl Who Walked Quickly — Mrs. Cooper
• The Upchat Connection — Mrs Hutcheson
• 1976A Martyr to the System — Mrs Harvey
• 1975Hennessy — Housekeeper
• 1975The Evacuees — Mrs. Graham
• 1975The Floater — Mrs. Miller
• Playhouse — Mrs. Harvey, Mother
• Village Hall — Mrs Digby
• Seven of One — Cissie
• 1972Made — Mrs Marshall
• 1972Still Waters — Maud
• 1971The Raging Moon — Matron
• 1971£60 Single, £100 Return — Mrs Bray
• Play for Today — Celia's Mother, Maud, Mrs. Miller
• Shadows of Fear — Margaret
• 1969Walk a Crooked Path
• 1968A Bit of Crucifixion, Father — Madge
• 1968Charlie Bubbles — Mrs. Noseworthy
• The Expert — Miss Peters
• Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
• Talking to a Stranger
• Gideon's Way — Mabel Short
• The Wednesday Play — Madge
• Theatre 625 — Sarah Kahn, Sarah Stevens, Barbara
• 1962You in Your Small Corner — Mum
• Coronation Street — May Schofield
• Armchair Theatre — Mrs. Leatherbound
• Hancock's Half Hour