
Person
Margery Mason
Acting · 1913–2014 · Hackney, London, England, UK
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
Known for

Midsomer Murders
Lydia Villiers

Coronation Street
May Schofield

Play for Today
Celia's Mother

Agatha Christie's Poirot
Amelia Barrowby

Heartbeat
Mrs. Challis

Peak Practice
Alice North

Screen Two
Mrs. Armitage

Theatre 625
Sarah Kahn

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Food Trolley Lady

The Wednesday Play
Madge
Filmography
- 2005Harry Potter and the Goblet of FireFood Trolley Lady
- 2003Love ActuallyHarris Street Old Lady
- 2003Three SistersAnfisa
- 1998Reckless: The SequelMyrtle Fairley
- 1997Jonathan CreekAudrey Panguitch
- 1997Midsomer MurdersLydia Villiers
- 1997RecklessMyrtle Fairley
- 1996101 DalmatiansWoman On Park Bench
- 1994CadfaelAgatha Coliar
- 1993The HawkGreengrocer
- 1993Peak PracticeAlice North
- 1993Femme FataleMrs. Armitage
- 1992A Touch of FrostMme Archer
- 1992HeartbeatMrs. Challis
- 1992Howards EndWedding Guests
- 1991ExJoan
- 1991MisteriosoMrs Jackson
- 1989Victoria WoodAlma Mottershed
- 1989A Beginners Guide to FreudMartha Freud
- 1989Agatha Christie's PoirotAmelia Barrowby
- 1988The Play on OneMrs Jackson
- 1988Wall of TyrannyLina
- 1987Never Say Die
- 1987The Princess BrideThe Ancient Booer
- 1987The Trial of Klaus BarbieFeldblum
- 1986LovejoyMrs Mulligan
- 1985Screen TwoMrs. Armitage
- 1984The Bill
- 1984Long Live the BabeMrs. Maloney
- 1982The New Adventures of Lucky JimMrs. Dixon
- 1982Soft TargetsCelia's Mother
- 1982With My Little EyeGran
- 1982The Agatha Christie HourMrs Lithinglow
- 1982Pink Floyd: The WallTeacher's Wife
- 1982Keeping in TouchMother
- 1980The Gentle TouchMrs Felix
- 1980A Question of GuiltSusan
- 1979Tales of the UnexpectedMrs Saunders
- 1979Father's DayMrs Rice-Davies
- 1978The Girl Who Walked QuicklyMrs. Cooper
- 1978Rebecca of Sunnybrook FarmAunt Jane
- 1976A Martyr to the SystemMrs Harvey
- 1975HennessyHousekeeper
- 1975The FloaterMrs. Miller
- 1975The EvacueesMrs. Graham
- 1974PlayhouseMrs. Harvey
- 1973Seven of OneCissie
- 1972MadeMrs Marshall
- 1972Still WatersMaud
- 1971£60 Single, £100 ReturnMrs Bray
- 1971The Raging MoonMatron
- 1970Play for TodayCelia's Mother
- 1970Shadows of FearMargaret
- 1969Walk a Crooked Path
- 1968A Bit of Crucifixion, FatherMadge
- 1968The ExpertMiss Peters
- 1968Charlie BubblesMrs. Noseworthy
- 1967Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
- 1966Talking to a Stranger
- 1965Gideon's WayMabel Short
- 1964The Wednesday PlayMadge
- 1964Theatre 625Sarah Kahn
- 1962You in Your Small CornerMum
- 1960Coronation StreetMay Schofield
- 1956Armchair TheatreMrs. Leatherbound
- 1956Hancock's Half Hour
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