Margery Mason
Actor
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
Filmography
Love Actually
as Harris Street Old Lady 2003
The Princess Bride
as The Ancient Booer 1987
101 Dalmatians
as Woman On Park Bench 1996
Pink Floyd: The Wall
as Teacher's Wife 1982
Howards End
as Wedding Guests 1992
The Raging Moon
as Matron 1971
Charlie Bubbles
as Mrs. Noseworthy 1968
Hennessy
as Housekeeper 1975
The Hawk
as Greengrocer 1993
The Evacuees
as Mrs. Graham 1975
Walk a Crooked Path
1969
Made
as Mrs Marshall 1972
Wall of Tyranny
as Lina 1988
You in Your Small Corner
as Mum 1962
Ex
as Joan 1991
A Bit of Crucifixion, Father
as Madge 1968