
Margery Mason
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1913-09-27
Day of Death
2014-01-26 (100 years old)
Place of Birth
Hackney, London, England, UK
Margery Mason
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
Acting
(2005)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
as Food Trolley Lady
(2003)
Love Actually
as Harris Street Old Lady
(2003)
Three Sisters
as Anfisa
(1998)
Reckless: The Sequel
as Myrtle Fairley
(1996)
101 Dalmatians
as Woman On Park Bench
(1993)
The Hawk
as Greengrocer
(1993)
Femme Fatale
as Mrs. Armitage
(1992)
Howards End
as Wedding Guests
(1991)
Ex
as Joan
(1991)
Misterioso
as Mrs Jackson
(1988)
Wall of Tyranny
as Lina
(1987)
The Princess Bride
as The Ancient Booer
(1987)
The Trial of Klaus Barbie
as Feldblum
(1982)
Pink Floyd: The Wall
as Teacher's Wife
(1982)
Soft Targets
as Celia's Mother
(1982)
Keeping in Touch
as Mother
(1979)
Father's Day
as Mrs Rice-Davies
(1976)
A Martyr to the System
as Mrs Harvey
(1975)
Hennessy
as Housekeeper
(1975)
The Evacuees
as Mrs. Graham
(1975)
The Floater
as Mrs. Miller
(1972)
Made
as Mrs Marshall
(1972)
Still Waters
as Maud
(1971)
The Raging Moon
as Matron
(1971)
£60 Single, £100 Return
as Mrs Bray
(1969)
(1968)
Charlie Bubbles
as Mrs. Noseworthy
(1968)
A Bit of Crucifixion, Father
as Madge
(1962)
You in Your Small Corner
as Mum