Margery Mason

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

Born: Hackney, London, England, UK, 1913-09-27

Died: 2014-01-26

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1962	You in Your Small Corner	Mum	0
2	1968	Charlie Bubbles	Mrs. Noseworthy	63
3	1968	A Bit of Crucifixion, Father	Madge	0
4	1969	Walk a Crooked Path		35
5	1971	The Raging Moon	Matron	65
6	1971	£60 Single, £100 Return	Mrs Bray	0
7	1972	Still Waters	Maud	0
8	1972	Made	Mrs Marshall	55
9	1975	The Evacuees	Mrs. Graham	67
10	1975	The Floater	Mrs. Miller	0
11	1975	Hennessy	Housekeeper	47
12	1976	A Martyr to the System	Mrs Harvey	0
13	1978	The Girl Who Walked Quickly	Mrs. Cooper	0
14	1979	Father's Day	Mrs Rice-Davies	0
15	1982	Keeping in Touch	Mother	0
16	1982	Pink Floyd: The Wall	Teacher's Wife	80
17	1982	Soft Targets	Celia's Mother	0
18	1987	The Trial of Klaus Barbie	Feldblum	0
19	1987	The Princess Bride	The Ancient Booer	77
20	1988	Wall of Tyranny	Lina	70
21	1989	A Beginners Guide to Freud	Martha Freud	0
22	1991	Misterioso	Mrs Jackson	0
23	1991	Ex	Joan	0
24	1992	Howards End	Wedding Guests	70
25	1993	Femme Fatale	Mrs. Armitage	0
26	1993	The Hawk	Greengrocer	58
27	1996	101 Dalmatians	Woman On Park Bench	59
28	1998	Reckless: The Sequel	Myrtle Fairley	0
29	2003	Three Sisters	Anfisa	0
30	2003	Love Actually	Harris Street Old Lady	71
31	2005	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	Food Trolley Lady	78

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1956	Hancock's Half Hour		75
2	1956	Armchair Theatre	Mrs. Leatherbound	58
3	1960	Coronation Street	May Schofield	54
4	1965	Gideon's Way	Mabel Short	68
5	1966	Talking to a Stranger		85
6	1967	Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width		43
7	1968	The Expert	Miss Peters	100
8	1970	Shadows of Fear	Margaret	60
9	1970	Play for Today	Celia's Mother	63
10	1970	Play for Today	Maud	63
11	1970	Play for Today	Mrs. Miller	63
12	1973	Seven of One		70
13	1974	Within These Walls		53
14	1974	Playhouse	Mrs. Harvey	70
15	1974	Playhouse	Mother	70
16	1979	Tales of the Unexpected	Mrs Saunders	67
17	1980	The Gentle Touch	Mrs Felix	69
18	1982	The Agatha Christie Hour	Mrs. Lithinglow	67
19	1982	The New Adventures of Lucky Jim	Mrs. Dixon	0
20	1984	The Bill		67
21	1985	Screen Two	Mrs. Armitage	68
22	1986	Lovejoy	Mrs Mulligan	73
23	1987	Never Say Die		0
24	1989	Agatha Christie's Poirot	Amelia Barrowby	82
25	1989	Victoria Wood	Alma Mottershed	75
26	1992	Heartbeat	Mrs. Challis	71
27	1992	A Touch of Frost	Mme Archer	75
28	1993	Peak Practice	Alice North	61
29	1994	Cadfael	Agatha Coliar	73
30	1997	Reckless	Myrtle Fairley	68
31	1997	Midsomer Murders	Lydia Villiers	75
32	1997	Jonathan Creek	Audrey Panguitch	75

Margery Mason

Film

Television