Hilary Mason: movies and TV shows
Hilary Mason has 91 credits in the archive: 33 films and 58 TV series, from 1960 to 1998. Highest rated: Pie in the Sky (8.3/10).
Career timeline
1960 – 1998 · busiest year: 1965 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | The Last Salute | Lady Gilbert | TV | 7.0 | 80 |
| 1997 | Aquila | Mrs. Murray | TV | 7.6 | 79 |
| 1995 | Haunted | Elderly lady | Film | 6.1 | 77 |
| 1994 | Wycliffe | Edith Riddle | TV | 6.8 | 76 |
| 1994 | Pie in the Sky | Mrs. Lonsdale | TV | 8.3 | 76 |
| 1993 | The Last Vampyre | Miss Ruddock | Film | 7.0 | 75 |
| 1991 | Afraid of the Dark | Basement Woman | Film | 5.6 | 73 |
| 1990 | One Foot in the Grave | Elspeth | TV | 7.7 | 72 |
| 1990 | Robot Jox | Professor Laplace | Film | 5.5 | 72 |
| 1990 | Meridian | Martha | Film | 4.5 | 72 |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Mrs. Hill | TV | 8.2 | 71 |
| 1989 | Campion | Mrs. Munsey | TV | 6.3 | 71 |
| 1989 | Maid Marian and Her Merry Men | Gladys | TV | 6.0 | 71 |
| 1989 | Great Expectations | Mrs Fagge | TV | 7.2 | 71 |
| 1989 | The Heat of the Day | Mrs. Tringsby | Film | 8.0 | 71 |
| 1988 | An Affair in Mind | Miss Platt | Film | 5.0 | 70 |
| 1987 | Crossbow | TV | 6.3 | 69 | |
| 1987 | ChuckleVision | Old Lady | TV | 6.3 | 69 |
| 1987 | Dolls | Hilary Hartwicke | Film | 6.4 | 69 |
| 1986 | Lovejoy | Mrs. Greenlands | TV | 7.4 | 68 |
| 1986 | Worlds Beyond | Mrs Robson | TV | 5.8 | 68 |
| 1986 | David Copperfield | Meg Gummidge | TV | 5.2 | 68 |
| 1986 | All Passion Spent | Edith | Film | 8.7 | 68 |
| 1985 | In Sickness and in Health | Dorothy | TV | 8.1 | 67 |
| 1985 | Miss Marple: The Moving Finger | Emily Barton | TV | 7.6 | 67 |
| 1985 | Three Up, Two Down | Joan | TV | 6.3 | 67 |
| 1984 | Sherlock Holmes | Miss Ruddock | TV | 8.2 | 66 |
| 1984 | The Bill | TV | 6.8 | 66 | |
| 1984 | Ten Years in an Open Necked Shirt | Mother Cyrene | Film | — | 66 |
| 1983 | The Return of the Soldier | Ward | Film | 6.3 | 65 |
| 1982 | The Young Ones | Old Woman Next Door | TV | 7.9 | 64 |
| 1982 | Brendon Chase | Beatrix Holcombe | TV | 7.0 | 64 |
| 1982 | Ghost in the Water | Nan | Film | 6.7 | 64 |
| 1981 | Bergerac | Aunt Annie | TV | 6.7 | 63 |
| 1981 | That Beryl Marston...! | Auntie Vera | TV | — | 63 |
| 1981 | A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter | Kidderminster | Film | — | 63 |
| 1981 | Days | Mother | Film | — | 63 |
| 1980 | Sink or Swim | Mrs O'Day | TV | 7.0 | 62 |
| 1980 | The Trial of Lady Chatterley | Joan Bennett | Film | — | 62 |
| 1979 | Minder | Mrs. Mayhew | TV | 7.2 | 61 |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected | Mrs Pardoe | TV | 6.8 | 61 |
| 1979 | Worzel Gummidge | Miss Fogg | TV | 6.2 | 61 |
| 1979 | The Legend of King Arthur | Midwife | TV | 7.5 | 61 |
| 1979 | An Honourable Retirement | Mrs. Langton | Film | 10.0 | 61 |
| 1978 | Wilde Alliance | Rachel | TV | 7.0 | 60 |
| 1978 | Absolution | Miss Froggatt | Film | 6.5 | 60 |
| 1978 | The One and Only Phyllis Dixey | Medium | Film | — | 60 |
| 1977 | Nicholas Nickleby | Mrs. Nickleby | TV | 7.0 | 59 |
| 1977 | The Three Hostages | Mrs Medina | Film | — | 59 |
| 1977 | The Curse of the Claw | Kevin's Mother | Film | — | 59 |
| 1976 | The Duchess of Duke Street | Miss Hayward | TV | 8.0 | 58 |
| 1976 | The Phoenix and the Carpet | Mrs Biddle | TV | 6.4 | 58 |
| 1976 | I Don't Want to Be Born | Mrs. Hyde | Film | 5.1 | 58 |
| 1976 | The House of Bernarda Alba | Prudencia | Film | — | 58 |
| 1976 | Early Struggles | Mum | Film | 9.0 | 58 |
| 1975 | Angels | TV | 4.5 | 57 | |
| 1975 | Poldark | Mrs Carne | TV | 6.9 | 57 |
| 1975 | My Brother's Keeper | TV | — | 57 | |
| 1975 | 84 Charing Cross Road | Voice of Joan Todd | Film | 7.0 | 57 |
| 1974 | Playhouse | Kidderminster | TV | 7.0 | 56 |
| 1974 | Playhouse | Mother | TV | 7.0 | 56 |
| 1974 | Affairs of the Heart | Lavinia Penniman | TV | 7.0 | 56 |
| 1973 | Don't Look Now | Heather | Film | 6.9 | 55 |
| 1972 | Love and Mr Lewisham | Mrs. Chaffery | TV | — | 54 |
| 1972 | Mistress of Hardwick | Bess | TV | — | 54 |
| 1971 | Justice | Mrs. Garside | TV | 7.3 | 53 |
| 1971 | She'll Follow You Anywhere | Jackie's Mother | Film | 3.2 | 53 |
| 1971 | The Uninvited | Jessica Ramsay | Film | 9.0 | 53 |
| 1971 | Just Love | Mrs Herbert | Film | — | 53 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | TV | 6.6 | 52 | |
| 1970 | The Six Wives of Henry VIII | Lady Boleyn | TV | 8.1 | 52 |
| 1970 | Macbeth | Witch | Film | — | 52 |
| 1969 | The Main Chance | Agnes McLaren | TV | 8.3 | 51 |
| 1969 | Paul Temple | TV | 7.3 | 51 | |
| 1969 | Counterstrike | Hannah Webley | TV | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Witch | TV | 5.3 | 47 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Mrs. Elton | TV | 5.3 | 47 |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre | Lilian Lovell | TV | 4.2 | 47 |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre | Martha Fallon | TV | 4.2 | 47 |
| 1965 | United! | Mrs. Timothy | TV | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1965 | Out of the Unknown | Jessica Ramsay | TV | 7.1 | 47 |
| 1965 | It's Not Me - It's Them! | TV | — | 47 | |
| 1964 | Story Parade | Edith Coppard | TV | 8.0 | 46 |
| 1963 | Festival | Nanine | TV | 8.0 | 45 |
| 1963 | Festival | Chorus of Women of Canterbury | TV | 8.0 | 45 |
| 1963 | Omnibus for All | Commentator | Film | — | 45 |
| 1961 | The Wedding | Bride's Mother | Film | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1960 | Maigret | TV | 7.1 | 42 | |
| 1960 | Rockets in the Dunes | Mrs. Allen | Film | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1960 | Who Pays the Piper? | Film | — | 42 | |
| A Wedding | TV | — | — |