Margery Mason
Known For
Acting
Born
1913-09-27 in Hackney, London, England, UK
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
Most Known For
Midsomer Murders
as Lydia Villiers
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Amelia Barrowby
Coronation Street
as May Schofield
Heartbeat
as Mrs. Challis
Play for Today
as Celia's Mother
Play for Today
as Mrs. Miller
Play for Today
as Maud
Theatre 625
as Sarah Kahn
Theatre 625
as Sarah Stevens
Theatre 625
as Barbara
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
as Food Trolley Lady
Peak Practice
as Alice North
The Bill
Playhouse
as Mrs. Harvey
Playhouse
as Mother
Tales of the Unexpected
as Mrs Saunders
A Touch of Frost
as Mme Archer
The Wednesday Play
as Madge
Jonathan Creek
as Audrey Panguitch
The Princess Bride
as The Ancient Booer