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