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Margery Mason

Acting Born Sep 27, 1913 Hackney, London, England, UK 24 credits

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

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Known for

Midsomer Murders

as Lydia Villiers

Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Amelia Barrowby

Play for Today

as Celia's Mother

Play for Today

as Maud

Play for Today

as Mrs. Miller

Coronation Street

as May Schofield
Film

Pink Floyd: The Wall

as Teacher's Wife

Full filmography

  • Midsomer Murders (1997) as Lydia Villiers
  • Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) as Amelia Barrowby
  • Play for Today (1970) as Celia's Mother
  • Play for Today (1970) as Maud
  • Play for Today (1970) as Mrs. Miller
  • Coronation Street (1960) as May Schofield
  • Peak Practice (1993) as Alice North
  • Heartbeat (1992) as Mrs. Challis
  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) as Food Trolley Lady
  • A Touch of Frost (1992) as Mme Archer
  • Tales of the Unexpected (1979) as Mrs Saunders
  • The Bill (1984)
  • Screen Two (1985) as Mrs. Armitage
  • Playhouse (1974) as Mrs. Harvey
  • Playhouse (1974) as Mother
  • Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982) as Teacher's Wife
  • Theatre 625 (1964) as Sarah Kahn
  • Theatre 625 (1964) as Sarah Stevens
  • Theatre 625 (1964) as Barbara
  • The Wednesday Play (1964) as Madge
  • Cadfael (1994) as Agatha Coliar
  • Gideon's Way (1965) as Mabel Short
  • The Princess Bride (1987) as The Ancient Booer
  • Jonathan Creek (1997) as Audrey Panguitch