Person
Hilary Mason
Acting · 1917–2006 · Birmingham, England, UK
Biography
Hilary Lavender Mason was an English character actress who appeared in a wide variety of roles, mainly on UK television. She is probably best known internationally for her performance as the blind psychic in Nicolas Roeg's film Don't Look Now. In later years Mason appeared as Gladys in the popular children's TV show Maid Marian and her Merry Men.
Known for
Play for Today
1970
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Mrs. Hill
Minder
Mrs. Mayhew
BBC Play of the Month
Witch
Sherlock Holmes
Miss Ruddock
Playhouse
Kidderminster
Tales of the Unexpected
Mrs Pardoe
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Lilian Lovell
The Bill
1984
Bergerac
Aunt Annie
Filmography
- 1998The Last SaluteLady Gilbert
- 1997AquilaMrs. Murray
- 1995HauntedElderly lady
- 1994WycliffeEdith Riddle
- 1994Pie in the SkyMrs. Lonsdale
- 1993The Last VampyreMiss Ruddock
- 1991Afraid of the DarkBasement Woman
- 1990Robot JoxProfessor Laplace
- 1990MeridianMartha
- 1990One Foot in the GraveElspeth
- 1989Maid Marian and Her Merry MenGladys
- 1989Great ExpectationsMrs Fagge
- 1989The Heat of the DayMrs. Tringsby
- 1989CampionMrs. Munsey
- 1989Agatha Christie's PoirotMrs. Hill
- 1988An Affair in MindMiss Platt
- 1987ChuckleVisionOld Lady
- 1987Crossbow
- 1987DollsHilary Hartwicke
- 1986All Passion SpentEdith
- 1986David CopperfieldMeg Gummidge
- 1986Worlds BeyondMrs Robson
- 1986LovejoyMrs. Greenlands
- 1985In Sickness and in HealthDorothy
- 1985Three Up, Two DownJoan
- 1985Miss Marple: The Moving FingerEmily Barton
- 1984The Bill
- 1984Sherlock HolmesMiss Ruddock
- 1984Ten Years in an Open Necked ShirtMother Cyrene
- 1983The Return of the SoldierWard
- 1982Ghost in the WaterNan
- 1982The Young OnesOld Woman Next Door
- 1982Brendon ChaseBeatrix Holcombe
- 1981BergeracAunt Annie
- 1981That Beryl Marston...!Auntie Vera
- 1981DaysMother
- 1981A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh PeterKidderminster
- 1980Sink or SwimMrs O'Day
- 1980The Trial of Lady ChatterleyJoan Bennett
- 1979An Honourable RetirementMrs. Langton
- 1979MinderMrs. Mayhew
- 1979The Legend of King ArthurMidwife
- 1979Tales of the UnexpectedMrs Pardoe
- 1979Worzel GummidgeMiss Fogg
- 1978The One and Only Phyllis DixeyMedium
- 1978AbsolutionMiss Froggatt
- 1978Wilde AllianceRachel
- 1977The Three HostagesMrs Medina
- 1977The Curse of the ClawKevin's Mother
- 1977Nicholas NicklebyMrs. Nickleby
- 1976The Phoenix and the CarpetMrs Biddle
- 1976The Duchess of Duke StreetMiss Hayward
- 1976The House of Bernarda AlbaPrudencia
- 1976Early StrugglesMum
- 1976I Don't Want to Be BornMrs. Hyde
- 197584 Charing Cross RoadVoice of Joan Todd
- 1975PoldarkMrs Carne
- 1975My Brother's Keeper
- 1975Angels
- 1974Affairs of the HeartLavinia Penniman
- 1974PlayhouseKidderminster
- 1973Don't Look NowHeather
- 1972Love and Mr LewishamMrs. Chaffery
- 1972Mistress of HardwickBess
- 1971Just LoveMrs Herbert
- 1971JusticeMrs. Garside
- 1971The UninvitedJessica Ramsay
- 1971She'll Follow You AnywhereJackie's Mother
- 1970Play for Today
- 1970MacbethWitch
- 1970The Six Wives of Henry VIIILady Boleyn
- 1969Paul Temple
- 1969CounterstrikeHannah Webley
- 1969The Main ChanceAgnes McLaren
- 1965BBC Play of the MonthWitch
- 1965Thirty-Minute TheatreLilian Lovell
- 1965United!Mrs. Timothy
- 1965Out of the UnknownJessica Ramsay
- 1965It's Not Me - It's Them!
- 1964Story ParadeEdith Coppard
- 1963FestivalNanine
- 1963Omnibus for AllCommentator
- 1961The WeddingBride's Mother
- 1960Maigret
- 1960Who Pays the Piper?
- 1960Rockets in the DunesMrs. Allen
- —A Wedding
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