Cast & creator
Margery Mason
Best known for Midsomer Murders, Coronation Street, Agatha Christie's Poirot
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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1956–2005 · acting roles
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Filmography (73)
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Midsomer Murders
Lydia Villiers
1997
Coronation Street
May Schofield
1960
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Amelia Barrowby
1989
Play for Today
Celia's Mother
1970Play for Today
Mrs. Miller
1970Play for Today
Maud
1970
The Wednesday Play
Madge
1964
Peak Practice
Alice North
1993
The Bill
1984
Heartbeat
Mrs. Challis
1992
Screen Two
Mrs. Armitage
1985
Tales of the Unexpected
Mrs Saunders
1979
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Food Trolley Lady
2005
Playhouse
Mrs. Harvey
1974Playhouse
Mother
1974
Theatre 625
Sarah Kahn
1964Theatre 625
Sarah Stevens
1964Theatre 625
Barbara
1964
A Touch of Frost
Mme Archer
1992
Jonathan Creek
Audrey Panguitch
1997
The Princess Bride
The Ancient Booer
1987
Lovejoy
Mrs Mulligan
1986
Love Actually
Harris Street Old Lady
2003
The Expert
Miss Peters
1968
101 Dalmatians
Woman On Park Bench
1996
The Play on One
Mrs Jackson
1988
Cadfael
Agatha Coliar
1994
Hancock's Half Hour
1956
Gideon's Way
Mabel Short
1965
The Gentle Touch
Mrs Felix
1980
The Agatha Christie Hour
Mrs Lithinglow
1982A Question of Guilt
Susan
1980
Victoria Wood
Alma Mottershed
1989
Pink Floyd: The Wall
Teacher's Wife
1982
Seven of One
Cissie
1973
Howards End
Wedding Guests
1992
Armchair Theatre
Mrs. Leatherbound
1956
Shadows of Fear
Margaret
1970
Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
1967
Reckless
Myrtle Fairley
1997
The Upchat Connection
Mrs Hutcheson
1978
Village Hall
Mrs Digby
1974
Talking to a Stranger
1966
Hennessy
Housekeeper
1975Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Aunt Jane
1978The New Adventures of Lucky Jim
Mrs. Dixon
1982Never Say Die
1987
The Evacuees
Mrs. Graham
1975
The Floater
Mrs. Miller
1975
The Raging Moon
Matron
1971
Femme Fatale
Mrs. Armitage
1993A Bit of Crucifixion, Father
Madge
1968With My Little Eye
Gran
1982
The Hawk
Greengrocer
1993The Girl Who Walked Quickly
Mrs. Cooper
1978Long Live the Babe
Mrs. Maloney
1984
The Trial of Klaus Barbie
Feldblum
1987Walk a Crooked Path
1969
A Martyr to the System
Mrs Harvey
1976
Charlie Bubbles
Mrs. Noseworthy
1968A Beginners Guide to Freud
Martha Freud
1989
Reckless: The Sequel
Myrtle Fairley
1998
Made
Mrs Marshall
1972
£60 Single, £100 Return
Mrs Bray
1971
Soft Targets
Celia's Mother
1982
Three Sisters
Anfisa
2003
You in Your Small Corner
Mum
1962
Misterioso
Mrs Jackson
1991
Wall of Tyranny
Lina
1988
Father's Day
Mrs Rice-Davies
1979
Ex
Joan
1991
Still Waters
Maud
1972
Keeping in Touch
Mother
1982