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Margery Mason is a Actor British born on 27 september 1913 at London Borough of Hackney (United-kingdom)
Margery E. Mason (27 September 1913 – 26 January 2014) was an English actress and director. She was the artistic director of the Repertory Theatre in Bangor, Northern Ireland in the 1960s.
She 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 (1967), Clegg (1969), The Raging Moon (1971), Made (1972), Hennessy (1975), the bullying teacher's wife in Pink Floyd – The Wall (1982), Terry on the Fence (1985), 101 Dalmatians (1996), Love Actually (2003), and the lady who works the sweets trolley in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005). She also 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.
Mason learned to scuba dive and received her diving certificate at the age of 81. Her farewell to the stage came in 2003 at the age of 90. She loved to travel and had been a keen horsewoman and tennis player. Until she was 99 she swam five times a week at the Swiss Cottage baths.
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Birth name Margery E. Mason
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 27 september 1913 at London Borough of Hackney (United-kingdom)
Death 26 january 2014 (at 100 years)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 27 september 1913 at London Borough of Hackney (United-kingdom)
Death 26 january 2014 (at 100 years)
She 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 (1967), Clegg (1969), The Raging Moon (1971), Made (1972), Hennessy (1975), the bullying teacher's wife in Pink Floyd – The Wall (1982), Terry on the Fence (1985), 101 Dalmatians (1996), Love Actually (2003), and the lady who works the sweets trolley in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005). She also 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.
Mason learned to scuba dive and received her diving certificate at the age of 81. Her farewell to the stage came in 2003 at the age of 90. She loved to travel and had been a keen horsewoman and tennis player. Until she was 99 she swam five times a week at the Swiss Cottage baths.
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, 2h37Directed by Mike Newell
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about education, Films about children, Films about magic and magicians, Mermaids in film, Harry Potter, Films about dragons, Ghost films, Children's films
Actors Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Robert Pattinson, Robbie Coltrane, Ralph Fiennes
Roles Food Trolley Lady
Rating77%
Harry Potter dreams of Frank Bryce, who is killed after overhearing Lord Voldemort discussing plans with Peter "Wormtail" Pettigrew and Barty Crouch Jr. At the Quidditch World Cup, Death Eaters terrorise the spectators, and Crouch Jr. summons the Dark Mark, otherwise known as the curse "Morsmordre".
Love Actually (2003)
, 2h15Directed by Richard Curtis
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Christmas films, La provence, Films about marriage
Actors Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Rory MacGregor, Laura Linney
Roles Harris Street Old Lady
Rating75%
The film begins with a voiceover from David (Hugh Grant) commenting that whenever he gets gloomy with the state of the world he thinks about the arrivals terminal at Heathrow Airport, and the pure uncomplicated love felt as friends and families welcome their arriving loved ones. David's voiceover also relates that all the messages left by the people who died on the 9/11 planes were messages of love and not hate. The film then tells the 'love stories' of many people:
101 Dalmatians (1996)
, 1h38Directed by Stephen Herek
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Glenn Close, Jeff Daniels, Joely Richardson, Joan Plowright, Mark Williams, Hugh Laurie
Roles Woman On Park Bench
Rating57%
American video game designer Roger Dearly (Jeff Daniels) lives with his pet dalmatian, Pongo, in London. One day, he takes Pongo for a walk in St. James's Park, and he sets his eyes on a beautiful female dalmatian named Perdita. After a frantic chase through the streets of London, Roger and Pongo discover that Perdita likes Pongo; and her owner, Anita Campbell-Green (Joely Richardson), falls in love with Roger when they meet. After they both end up falling into the lake as a result of their dogs, they return to Roger's home, and Anita accepts his proposal to wed. They get married along with Perdita and Pongo.
The Hawk (1993)
, 1h28Directed by David Hayman
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller
Actors David Harewood, Clive Russell, George Costigan, Pooky Quesnel, Owen Teale, Helen Mirren
Roles Greengrocer
Rating54%
The film tells the story of a serial killer, known by the police as The Hawk, who preys on women in the North of England. He sexually assaults the victims before striking them with a hammer and picking out their insides, like a hawk, hence his nickname.
Howards End (1992)
, 2h20Directed by James Ivory
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Anthony Hopkins, Vanessa Redgrave, Helena Bonham Carter, Emma Thompson, Joseph Bennett, Prunella Scales
Roles Wedding Guests
Rating73%
The story takes place in Edwardian England and concerns three families who represent three social classes: the Wilcoxes are wealthy capitalists, the class that is displacing the aristocracy; the Schlegel sisters standing for the enlightened bourgeoisie; and the Basts, a young couple down on their luck, who may be traced to the lower middle class. (Forster is clear that the novel is "not concerned with the very poor".) The film asks the question "Who will inherit England?" and answers it through the ownership of the house, Howards End, as it passes from person to person.
The Princess Bride (1987)
, 1h38Directed by Rob Reiner
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Romance
Themes Inspiré de l'univers des contes et légendes, Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films, Children's films
Actors Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, Peter Falk, Christopher Guest
Roles The Ancient Booer
Rating79%
In a frame story, a man (Peter Falk) reads a book to his sick grandson (Fred Savage). Scenes of the reading occasionally interrupt the main story.
Terry on the Fence (1985)
Genres Drama
Themes Children's films
Actors Susan Jameson, Margery Mason, Clifford Rose, Julian Curry, Tim Preece
Roles Terry's Gran
Rating61%
Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)
, 1h35Directed by Alan Parker, Gerald Scarfe
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Psychologie, Films about racism, Films about sexuality, Musical films, Films about psychiatry, Political films
Actors Bob Geldof, Christine Hargreaves, Eleanor David, Bob Hoskins, Michael Ensign, John Scott Martin
Roles Teacher's Wife
Rating79%
Pink, the protagonist, is a rock star, one of several reasons behind his apparent depressive and detached emotional state. He is first seen in an unkempt hotel room, motionless and expressionless, watching television. The opening music is the Vera Lynn recording of "The Little Boy that Santa Claus Forgot". It is revealed that Pink's father, a British soldier, was killed in action while defending the Anzio bridgehead during World War II, in Pink's infancy.
Hennessy (1975)
, 1h43Directed by Don Sharp
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes Films about terrorism, Political films
Actors Rod Steiger, Patrick Stewart, Lee Remick, Richard Johnson, Trevor Howard, Peter Egan
Roles Housekeeper
Rating61%
After the death of his family during a riot in Belfast, Niall Hennessy comes up with a plan to blow up the British Houses of Parliament.
The Evacuees (1975)
Directed by Alan Parker
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films
Actors Maureen Lipman, Margery Mason, Malcolm Hebden
Roles Mrs. Graham
Rating66%
Made (1972)
, 1h41Directed by John Mackenzie
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Carol White (actrice anglaise), Ray Smith, John Castle, Margery Mason, Len Jones, Sam Dastor
Roles Mrs Marshall
Rating64%
The Raging Moon (1971)
, 1h50Directed by Bryan Forbes
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about disabilities
Actors Malcolm McDowell, Nanette Newman, Georgia Brown, Barry Jackson, Bernard Lee, Gerald Sim
Roles Matron
Rating68%
Bruce Pritchard (Malcolm McDowell) is a 24-year-old working-class man and amateur soccer player with a passion for life. All this changes when he suddenly finds himself struck down by an incurable degenerative disease and confined for the rest of his life to a wheelchair. He makes a self-imposed exile to a church-run home for the disabled, believing that it is best for his immediate family to forget about him the way he is now. His bitterness at his fate and his dislike of the rules and regulations of the place only serve to make him more withdrawn and angry at his enforced imprisonment.
Walk a Crooked Path (1969)
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Tenniel Evans, Faith Brook, Patricia Haines, Christopher Collins, Margery Mason, Georgina Cookson
Rating58%
Charlie Bubbles (1968)
, 1h29Directed by Albert Finney
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Sports films, Association football films
Actors Albert Finney, Billie Whitelaw, Liza Minnelli, Colin Blakely, Richard Pearson, Nicholas Phipps
Roles Mrs. Noseworthy
Rating62%
Histoire d'amour entre un homme marié supporter de football et sa secrétaire sur fond de problèmes de classes sociales. Le stade de football d'Old Trafford illustre cette différence sociale en prenant l'exemple des toutes nouvelles loges vitrées dont le luxe tranche nettement avec les tribunes populaires.