Hilary Mason

Known for: Acting

Born: 1917-09-04 – 2006-09-05 (aged 89)

From: Birmingham, England, UK

Hilary Lavender Mason 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.

Filmography (86)

TV★ 7.0
The Last Salute
1998
as Lady Gilbert
TV★ 7.6
Aquila
1997
as Mrs. Murray
MOVIE★ 6.1
Haunted
1995
as Elderly lady
TV★ 6.8
Wycliffe
1994
as Edith Riddle
TV★ 8.3
Pie in the Sky
1994
as Mrs. Lonsdale
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Last Vampyre
1993
as Miss Ruddock
MOVIE★ 5.6
Afraid of the Dark
1991
as Basement Woman
MOVIE★ 5.5
Robot Jox
1990
as Professor Laplace
MOVIE★ 4.6
Meridian
1990
as Martha
TV★ 7.7
One Foot in the Grave
1990
as Elspeth
TV★ 6.0
Maid Marian and Her Merry Men
1989
as Gladys
TV★ 7.2
Great Expectations
1989
as Mrs Fagge
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Heat of the Day
1989
as Mrs. Tringsby
TV★ 6.3
Campion
1989
as Mrs. Munsey
TV★ 8.2
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Mrs. Hill
MOVIE★ 5.0
An Affair in Mind
1988
as Miss Platt
TV★ 6.3
ChuckleVision
1987
as Old Lady
TV★ 6.3
Crossbow
1987
MOVIE★ 6.4
Dolls
1987
as Hilary Hartwicke
MOVIE★ 8.7
All Passion Spent
1986
as Edith
TV★ 5.2
David Copperfield
1986
as Meg Gummidge
TV★ 5.8
Worlds Beyond
1986
as Mrs Robson
TV★ 7.4
Lovejoy
1986
as Mrs. Greenlands
TV★ 8.1
In Sickness and in Health
1985
as Dorothy
TV★ 6.3
Three Up, Two Down
1985
as Joan
TV★ 7.7
Miss Marple: The Moving Finger
1985
as Emily Barton
TV★ 6.8
The Bill
1984
TV★ 8.2
Sherlock Holmes
1984
as Miss Ruddock
MOVIE
Ten Years in an Open Necked Shirt
1984
as Mother Cyrene
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Return of the Soldier
1983
as Ward
MOVIE★ 6.7
Ghost in the Water
1982
as Nan
TV★ 7.9
The Young Ones
1982
as Old Woman Next Door
TV★ 7.0
Brendon Chase
1982
as Beatrix Holcombe
TV★ 6.7
Bergerac
1981
as Aunt Annie
TV
That Beryl Marston...!
1981
as Auntie Vera
MOVIE
Days
1981
as Mother
MOVIE
A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter
1981
as Kidderminster
TV★ 7.0
Sink or Swim
1980
as Mrs O'Day
MOVIE
The Trial of Lady Chatterley
1980
as Joan Bennett
TV★ 7.2
Minder
1979
as Mrs. Mayhew
TV★ 7.5
The Legend of King Arthur
1979
as Midwife
TV★ 6.8
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Mrs Pardoe
TV★ 6.2
Worzel Gummidge
1979
as Miss Fogg
MOVIE
The One and Only Phyllis Dixey
1978
as Medium
MOVIE★ 6.5
Absolution
1978
as Miss Froggatt
TV★ 7.0
Wilde Alliance
1978
as Rachel
MOVIE
The Three Hostages
1977
as Mrs Medina
MOVIE
The Curse of the Claw
1977
as Kevin's Mother
TV★ 7.0
Nicholas Nickleby
1977
as Mrs. Nickleby
TV★ 6.4
The Phoenix and the Carpet
1976
as Mrs Biddle
TV★ 8.0
The Duchess of Duke Street
1976
as Miss Hayward
MOVIE
The House of Bernarda Alba
1976
as Prudencia
MOVIE★ 9.0
Early Struggles
1976
as Mum
MOVIE★ 5.1
I Don't Want to Be Born
1976
as Mrs. Hyde
MOVIE★ 7.0
84 Charing Cross Road
1975
as Voice of Joan Todd
TV★ 6.9
Poldark
1975
as Mrs Carne
TV
My Brother's Keeper
1975
TV★ 4.5
Angels
1975
TV★ 7.0
Affairs of the Heart
1974
as Lavinia Penniman
TV★ 7.0
Playhouse
1974
as Kidderminster
MOVIE★ 6.9
Don't Look Now
1973
as Heather
TV
Love and Mr Lewisham
1972
as Mrs. Chaffery
TV
Mistress of Hardwick
1972
as Bess
MOVIE
Just Love
1971
as Mrs Herbert
TV★ 7.3
Justice
1971
as Mrs. Garside
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Uninvited
1971
as Jessica Ramsay
MOVIE★ 3.2
She'll Follow You Anywhere
1971
as Jackie's Mother
TV★ 6.6
Play for Today
1970
MOVIE
Macbeth
1970
as Witch
TV★ 8.1
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
1970
as Lady Boleyn
TV★ 7.3
Paul Temple
1969
TV★ 7.0
Counterstrike
1969
TV★ 8.3
The Main Chance
1969
as Agnes McLaren
TV★ 5.3
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Witch
TV★ 4.2
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Lilian Lovell
TV★ 7.0
United!
1965
as Mrs. Timothy
TV★ 7.1
Out of the Unknown
1965
as Jessica Ramsay
TV
It's Not Me - It's Them!
1965
TV★ 8.0
Story Parade
1964
as Edith Coppard
TV★ 8.0
Festival
1963
as Nanine
MOVIE
Omnibus for All
1963
as Commentator
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Wedding
1961
as Bride's Mother
TV★ 7.1
Maigret
1960
MOVIE
Who Pays the Piper?
1960
MOVIE★ 7.0
Rockets in the Dunes
1960
as Mrs. Allen
TV
A Wedding
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