Hilary Mason

Sep 04, 1917 - Sep 05, 2006 (89 years old) in Birmingham, England, UK

Hilary Lavender Mason (4 September 1917 – 5 September 2006) was an English character actress who appeared in a wide variety of roles, mainly on UK television. She is probably best known internationally for her performance as the blind psychic in Nicolas Roeg's film Don't Look Now. In later years Mason appeared as Gladys in the popular children's TV show Maid Marian and her Merry Men.

Known For

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Play for Today

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Agatha Christie's Poirot

Mrs. Hill

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BBC Play of the Month

Mrs. Elton

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The Bill

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Minder

Mrs. Mayhew

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Tales of the Unexpected

Mrs Pardoe

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Bergerac

Aunt Annie

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The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

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Sherlock Holmes

Miss Ruddock

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One Foot in the Grave

Elspeth

Credits

A Wedding Future

★ NR
Aquila 1997

Mrs. Murray

★ 7.5
Coogan's Run 1995

★ 6.4
Haunted 1995

Elderly Lady

★ 6.1
Wycliffe 1994

Edith Riddle

★ 6
Pie in the Sky 1994

Mrs. Lonsdale

★ 8.4
The Last Vampyre 1993

Miss Ruddock

★ 6.9
Afraid of the Dark 1991

Basement Woman

★ 5.3
Meridian 1990

Martha

★ 4.6
One Foot in the Grave 1990

Elspeth

★ 7.5
Maid Marian and Her Merry Men 1989

Gladys

★ 5.8
Robot Jox 1989

Professor Laplace

★ 5.6
The Heat of the Day 1989

Mrs. Tringsby

★ NR
Campion 1989

Mrs. Munsey

★ 5.6
Agatha Christie's Poirot 1989

Mrs. Hill

★ 8.1
An Affair in Mind 1988

Miss Platt

★ 5
All Passion Spent 1986

Edith

★ 8.5
Dolls 1986

Hilary Hartwicke

★ 6.4
Lovejoy 1986

Mrs. Greenlands

★ 7.3
Three Up, Two Down 1985

Joan

★ 6
Miss Marple: The Moving Finger 1985

Emily Barton

★ 7.5
Miss Marple 1984

Emily Barton

★ 8.4
The Bill 1984

★ 6.7
Sherlock Holmes 1984

Miss Ruddock

★ 8.1
Ten Years in an Open Necked Shirt 1984

Mother Cyrene

★ NR
The Return of the Soldier 1983

Ward

★ 6.2
Ghost in the Water 1982

Nan

★ 6.5
The Young Ones 1982

Old Woman Next Door

★ 7.9
Brendon Chase 1982

Beatrix Holcombe

★ 5.5
Bergerac 1981

Aunt Annie

★ 6.6
Days 1981

Mother

★ NR
A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter 1981

Kidderminster

★ NR
Minder 1979

Mrs. Mayhew

★ 6.8
The Legend of King Arthur 1979

Midwife

★ 7
Tales of the Unexpected 1979

Mrs Pardoe

★ 6.7
Worzel Gummidge 1979

Miss Fogg

★ 6.2
The One and Only Phyllis Dixey 1978

Medium

★ NR
Absolution 1978

Miss Froggatt

★ 6.5
The Three Hostages 1977

Mrs Medina

★ NR
The Curse of the Claw 1977

Kevin's Mother

★ NR
Nicholas Nickleby 1977

Mrs. Nickleby

★ 5.5
The Phoenix and the Carpet 1976

★ 5.7
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin 1976

★ 8
Early Struggles 1976

Mum

★ NR
I Don't Want to Be Born 1976

Mrs. Hyde

★ 5
84 Charing Cross Road 1975

Voice of Joan Todd

★ NR
Poldark 1975

Mrs. Carne

★ 6.6
My Brother's Keeper 1975

★ NR
Angels 1975

★ 3.7
Within These Walls 1974

★ 5.3
Don't Look Now 1973

Heather

★ 6.9
Just Love 1971

Mrs Herbert

★ NR
Justice 1971

Mrs. Garside

★ 6
Play for Today 1970

★ 6.3
Macbeth 1970

Witch

★ NR
The Six Wives of Henry VIII 1970

Lady Boleyn

★ 8.1
Paul Temple 1969

★ 5.5
Counterstrike 1969

★ 5
The Main Chance 1969

Agnes McLaren

★ 7.7
BBC Play of the Month 1965

Mrs. Elton

★ 5
United! 1965

★ NR
Omnibus for All 1963

Commentator

★ NR
Suspense 1962

★ 5.5
The Wedding 1961

Bride's Mother

★ NR
Maigret 1960

★ 6.9
Who Pays the Piper? 1960

★ NR
Rockets in the Dunes 1960

Mrs. Allen

★ 6