Margery Mason
Nacimiento : 1913-09-27, Hackney, London, England, UK
Muerte : 2014-01-26
Historia
Margery Mason (27 September 1913 – 26 January 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
Food Trolley Lady
En el cuarto año en Hogwarts, Harry se enfrenta al mayor de los desafíos y peligros de la saga. Cuando es elegido bajo misteriosas circunstancias como el competidor que representará a Hogwarts en el Torneo Triwizard, Harry deberá competir contra los mejores jóvenes magos de toda Europa. Pero mientras se prepara, aparecen pruebas que manifiestan que Lord Voldemort ha regresado. Antes de darse cuenta, Harry no solo estará luchando por el campeonato sino también por su vida
Harris Street Old Lady
En Londres, poco antes de las Navidades, se entrelazan una serie de historias divertidas y conmovedoras. 'Love Actually' es una manera abreviada de decir 'Love Actually Is All Around' y éste es precisamente el argumento de la película: mires a donde mires, encontrarás el amor en todas partes. Todos los personajes, cada uno a su manera (un primer ministro, una vieja estrella del rock, una asistenta portuguesa que sólo habla su idioma), están relacionados con los aspectos más divertidos, tristes, ingenuos y estúpidos del amor.
Greengrocer
Housewife Annie Marsh suspects her husband might be The Hawk, a brutal serial killer. Complicating matters is the fact that she once was incarcerated in a psychiatric hospital. When she discovers she does not have the happy marriage she always believed and begins to piece together the times and dates of her husband's frequent absences, her fears begin to take hold, and her sanity deteriorates.
Wedding Guests
Finales del siglo XIX. Margaret Schlegel y su hermana Helen son dos mujeres cultas y emancipadas para la época en que viven. Su relación con la convencional familia Wilcox acaba en enemistad. Sin embargo, pasado cierto tiempo, se establece una estrecha relación entre Margaret y la señora Ruth Wilcox, quien, para disgusto de su familia, decide nombrar heredera de su mansión a la mayor de las Schlegel.
Joan
Griff Rhys Jones stars as a writer on a popular television soap opera who falls in love with the show's leading lady but finds himself unable to break his ties with his ex-wife and their children.
Mrs Jackson
On the death of her mother, a young woman in northern England learns that her father is actually her step-father. She embarks on a search for her birth father, finds him running a jazz club in London, and learns a lot of happy and sad things about her family that she didn't know before. The title of the film is the classic jazz piece, "Misterioso," by Thelonious Monk, which features prominently in it.
The Ancient Booer
Después de buscar fortuna durante cinco años, Westley retorna a su tierra para casarse con su amada, la bella Buttercup, a la que había jurado amor eterno. Sin embargo, para recuperarla habrá de enfrentarse a Vizzini y sus esbirros. Una vez derrotados éstos, tendrá que superar el peor de los obstáculos: el príncipe Humperdinck pretende desposar a la desdichada Buttercup, pese a que ella no lo ama, ya que sigue enamorada de Westley.
Feldblum
Decades after the end of World War II, escaped war criminal Klaus Barbie is brought to justice.
Celia's Mother
A Russian in London finds himself targeted by British Intelligence.
Teacher's Wife
Película visualmente evocativa, basada en la música del disco homónimo y las visiones del grupo de rock psicodélico "Pink Floyd". Narra la vida de una estrella de rock ficticia: "Pink". Una mezcla de relaciones humanas, abuso de drogas, sexo, infancia, la Segunda Guerra Mundial y fascismo se combinan en un relato que alterna cine en vivo con animación creada por el caricaturista británico Gerald Scarfe.
Housekeeper
En los años setenta, Niall Hennessy, un irlandés relacionado con el IRA pero partidario de la paz, pierde a su mujer y a su hija en un tiroteo con la policía en Belfast. A partir de entonces, intentará tomarse la justicia por su mano y con este fin prepara un atentado contra Isabel II, la reina de Inglaterra. (FILMAFFINITY)
Mrs. Miller
A comedy about the law - seen from the inside. All formality and procedure on the surface but not quite so convincing when you see the works.
Mrs. Graham
Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945). Durante los intensos bombardeos de la aviación alemana (la Luftwaffe) sobre las principales ciudades inglesas, una madre judía envía a sus dos hijos de Manchester a Blackpool para ponerlos a salvo. Pero los niños se sienten desgraciados en su nuevo hogar.
Mrs Marshall
This compelling emotional drama stars Carol White as a young single mother who finds herself caught between two people – a local priest and a folk singer – each of whom wants to convert her to his own worldview. An elegy to a younger generation looking for something to believe in, Made co-stars hugely influential folk-rock musician Roy Harper in his screen debut. Produced by Joseph Janni – who previously made the astonishingly successful Poor Cow with White – directed by The Long Good Friday's John Mackenzie and featuring new songs specially composed by Harper.
Maud
A middle-aged couple who are fairly tired of each other go out on a picnic for the day. However, they row, and Maud wanders off and talks to other people she meets. Eventually, the couple come together again, and the day has helped them to understand each other a little better.
Matron
Bruce Pritchard queda paralítico jugando al fútbol y debe vivir el resto de su vida en una silla de ruedas. Cuando conoce a Jill, debe plantearse los efectos que tiene en su vida su discapacidad.
Mrs. Noseworthy
Charlie Bubbles, a writer, up from the working class of Manchester, England, who, in the course of becoming prematurely rich and famous, has mislaid a writer's basic tool – the capacity to feel and to respond. Now he must visit his estranged wife and son, whom he has set up on a farm outside his native city. His journey accidentally becomes an attempt to reestablish his connections with life, people, and his own history.
Mum
Barry Reckord adapted his stage play for TV and his brother Lloyd plays the central character – a Jamaican new to London. When he begins a relationship with a white woman, he finds himself in conflict with his mother, who has great expectations for him. The very early intimate portrayal of this interracial relationship broke new ground, and is believed to feature one of the world's first examples of an interracial kiss on TV.
