
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

Midsomer Murders
TV • 1997

Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV • 1989

Coronation Street
TV • 1960

Play for Today
TV • 1970

Play for Today
TV • 1970

Play for Today
TV • 1970

Peak Practice
TV • 1993

Heartbeat
TV • 1992

Theatre 625
TV • 1964

Theatre 625
TV • 1964

Theatre 625
TV • 1964

Playhouse
TV • 1974

Playhouse
TV • 1974

Tales of the Unexpected
TV • 1979

A Touch of Frost
TV • 1992

The Expert
TV • 1968

The Bill
TV • 1984

Screen Two
TV • 1985