Margery Mason

Margery Mason

Рождение : 1913-09-27, Hackney, London, England, UK

Смерть : 2014-01-26

История

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

Профиль

Margery Mason

Фильмы

Гарри Поттер и кубок огня
Food Trolley Lady
Гарри Поттер, Рон и Гермиона возвращаются на четвёртый курс школы чародейства и волшебства «Хогвартс». При таинственных обстоятельствах Гарри отобран в число участников опасного соревнования — Турнира Трёх Волшебников, однако проблема в том, что все его соперники — намного старше и сильнее. К тому же, знаки указывают на возвращение Лорда Волдеморта. Вскоре Гарри предстоит побороться не только за победу в соревновании, но и, прежде всего, за свою жизнь...
Реальная любовь
Harris Street Old Lady
Любовь незабываемая и недосягаемая, вызывающая сожаление и экстатическая, неожиданная и нежеланная, неудобная и необъяснимая, неизящная и неравная. Любовь поистине правит всеми вокруг. От премьер-министра, мгновенно влюбившегося в сотрудницу своего аппарата, — до писателя, сбежавшего на юг Франции, чтобы склеить свое разбитое сердце… От замужней женщины, подозревающей, что ее муж отдаляется от нее, — до женщины, только что вступившей в брак и почувствовавшей холодность лучшего друга своего мужа… От тинейджера, пытающегося завоевать внимание самой неприступной девочки в школе, — до овдовевшего отчима, пытающегося установить контакт с сыном, которого, как вдруг выясняется, он почти не знает… От страдающей из-за безнадежной любви юной американки, решившей не упустить своего шанса с сослуживцем, — до стареющего рок-певца, ставшего жертвой внезапно накатившего чувства… Любовь вносит хаос в жизнь каждого из них, но не случайно пути-дороги лондонцев сталкиваются в канун Рождества…
The Hawk
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.
Усадьба Хауардс-Энд
Wedding Guests
Англия начала двадцатого века. Чета Уилкоксов, Рут и Генри, владеют прекрасным поместьем. После кончины Рут имение переходит к аристократке Маргарет Шлейгел. Энергичная владелица с большим энтузиазмом берется управлять усадьбой и приглашает к себе младшую сестру Хелен. Со временем Генри начинает ухаживать за Маргарет и делает ей предложение. Судьбы этих семей удивительным образом переплетаются, Говардс Энд погружается в пучину немыслимых интриг, и великолепное имение превращается в обитель страстей и трагедий.
Ex
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.
Misterioso
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.
Принцесса-невеста
The Ancient Booer
Добро пожаловать в фантастический мир прекрасных замков, жутких подземелий, бескрайних океанов, лесов и гор. Чтобы спасти свою возлюбленную, прекрасную невесту, отважный герой преодолевает немыслимые препятствия и совершает невероятные подвиги.
The Trial of Klaus Barbie
Feldblum
Decades after the end of World War II, escaped war criminal Klaus Barbie is brought to justice.
Soft Targets
Celia's Mother
A Russian in London finds himself targeted by British Intelligence.
Стена
Teacher's Wife
Все смешалось в номере некоего лос-анджелесского отеля, в котором заперт рок-музыкант Пинк — пространство и время, реальность и кошмар. Каждый кирпич в «Стене» — его чувства, мысли, воспоминания. Действие фильма основано на двойном альбоме группы «Pink Floyd» — «The Wall», 23 раза получавшем статус платинового и распроданном по всему миру общим тиражом 11,7 миллионов экземпляров.
Hennessy
Housekeeper
Former Irish Republican Army member Niall Hennessy lives in Belfast, Ireland, with his wife and daughter amid the ongoing Irish-British conflict. Though he still knows people in the IRA, including fugitive leader Tobin, Niall has given up his violent ways. One day his family is caught in a chaotic street shootout and killed by British forces. Overwhelmed with rage and hunted by a Scotland Yard inspector, Niall heads to London to exact his deadly revenge.
The Floater
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.
The Evacuees
Mrs. Graham
The experiences of two young Jewish boys evacuated from Manchester to Blackpool during the Blitz.
Made
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.
Still Waters
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.
The Raging Moon
Matron
Bruce Pritchard is paralysed in a soccer game and is confined to a wheelchair in a convalescence home. But this doesn't slow his lust for life. Then he meets Jill and has to think about the effects of disability.
Charlie Bubbles
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.
You in Your Small Corner
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.