Margery Mason is a durable British actress whose work covers more eras of the industry than most. 'Love Actually' belongs on any short list of her work. It began in 1962, at the age of 49. There are 43 entries on the filmography, most of them supporting work in other people's stories. Ask a viewer to place Margery Mason and the answer usually comes back 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'.
Margery Mason
Actress
100 years (Sep 27, 1913 – Jan 26, 2014)Hackney, UKHackney, London, England, UK
Margery Mason is a durable British actress whose work covers more eras of the industry than most. 'Love Actually' belongs on any short list of her work. It began in 1962, at the age of 49. There are 43 entries on the filmography, most of them supporting work in other people's stories. Ask a viewer to place Margery Mason and the answer usually comes back 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'.
1913-09-27 · Hackney, UKHackney, London, England, UK
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