Margery Mason
Acting • Born 1913-09-27 – Died 2014-01-26
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
67 credits
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Movie • 2005
Food Trolley Lady
You in Your Small Corner
Movie • 1962
Mum
Pink Floyd: The Wall
Movie • 1982
Teacher's Wife
Ex
Movie • 1991
Joan
A Bit of Crucifixion, Father
Movie • 1968
Madge
Reckless: The Sequel
Movie • 1998
Myrtle Fairley
101 Dalmatians
Movie • 1996
Woman On Park Bench
The Trial of Klaus Barbie
Movie • 1987
Feldblum
Three Sisters
Movie • 2003
Anfisa
The Evacuees
Movie • 1975
Mrs. Graham
Femme Fatale
Movie • 1993
Mrs. Armitage
Love Actually
Movie • 2003
Harris Street Old Lady
The Princess Bride
Movie • 1987
The Ancient Booer
Walk a Crooked Path
Movie • 1969
Wall of Tyranny
Movie • 1988
Lina
Father's Day
Movie • 1979
Mrs Rice-Davies
Hennessy
Movie • 1975
Housekeeper
Soft Targets
Movie • 1982
Celia's Mother
The Hawk
Movie • 1993
Greengrocer
Howards End
Movie • 1992
Wedding Guests
Made
Movie • 1972
Mrs Marshall
Charlie Bubbles
Movie • 1968
Mrs. Noseworthy
Still Waters
Movie • 1972
Maud
The Raging Moon
Movie • 1971
Matron
The Floater
Movie • 1975
Mrs. Miller
Misterioso
Movie • 1991
Mrs Jackson
£60 Single, £100 Return
Movie • 1971
Mrs Bray
A Martyr to the System
Movie • 1976
Mrs Harvey
Keeping in Touch
Movie • 1982
Mother
A Beginners Guide to Freud
Movie • 1989
Martha Freud
The Girl Who Walked Quickly
Movie • 1978
Mrs. Cooper
With My Little Eye
Movie • 1982
Gran
The Bill
TV • 1984
Jonathan Creek
TV • 1997
Audrey Panguitch
Gideon's Way
TV • 1965
Mabel Short
A Touch of Frost
TV • 1992
Mme Archer
Heartbeat
TV • 1992
Mrs. Challis
Lovejoy
TV • 1986
Mrs Mulligan
Talking to a Stranger
TV • 1966
Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
TV • 1967
The Expert
TV • 1968
Miss Peters
Never Say Die
TV • 1987
Reckless
TV • 1997
Myrtle Fairley
The Agatha Christie Hour
TV • 1982
Mrs. Lithinglow
Hancock's Half Hour
TV • 1956
Shadows of Fear
TV • 1970
Margaret
Cadfael
TV • 1994
Agatha Coliar
Peak Practice
TV • 1993
Alice North
Victoria Wood
TV • 1989
Alma Mottershed
Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV • 1989
Amelia Barrowby
The New Adventures of Lucky Jim
TV • 1982
Mrs. Dixon
Play for Today
TV • 1970
Celia's Mother
The Gentle Touch
TV • 1980
Mrs Felix
Midsomer Murders
TV • 1997
Lydia Villiers
Play for Today
TV • 1970
Maud
Play for Today
TV • 1970
Mrs. Miller
Tales of the Unexpected
TV • 1979
Mrs Saunders
Coronation Street
TV • 1960
May Schofield
Armchair Theatre
TV • 1956
Mrs. Leatherbound
Screen Two
TV • 1985
Mrs. Armitage
Playhouse
TV • 1974
Mrs. Harvey
Playhouse
TV • 1974
Mother
Theatre 625
TV • 1964
Sarah Kahn
Theatre 625
TV • 1964
Sarah Stevens
Theatre 625
TV • 1964
Barbara
Seven of One
TV • 1973
Cissie
The Wednesday Play
TV • 1964
Madge