Hilary Mason

Biography

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.

Known For

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Play for Today

Minder

Sherlock Holmes

Tales of the Unexpected

Bergerac

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

All Movies (32)

• Haunted1995 · as Elderly lady
• The Last Vampyre1993 · as Miss Ruddock
• Afraid of the Dark1991 · as Basement Woman
• Robot Jox1990 · as Professor Laplace
• Meridian1990 · as Martha
• The Heat of the Day1989 · as Mrs. Tringsby
• An Affair in Mind1988 · as Miss Platt
• All Passion Spent1986 · as Edith
• Dolls1986 · as Hilary Hartwicke
• Ten Years in an Open Necked Shirt1984 · as Mother Cyrene
• The Return of the Soldier1983 · as Ward
• Ghost in the Water1982 · as Nan
• Days1981 · as Mother
• A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter1981 · as Kidderminster
• The Trial of Lady Chatterley1980 · as Joan Bennett
• The One and Only Phyllis Dixey1978 · as Medium
• Absolution1978 · as Miss Froggatt
• The Three Hostages1977 · as Mrs Medina
• The Curse of the Claw1977 · as Kevin's Mother
• The House of Bernarda Alba1976 · as Prudencia
• Early Struggles1976 · as Mum
• I Don't Want to Be Born1976 · as Mrs. Hyde
• 84 Charing Cross Road1975 · as Voice of Joan Todd
• Don't Look Now1973 · as Heather
• Just Love1971 · as Mrs Herbert
• The Uninvited1971 · as Jessica Ramsay
• She'll Follow You Anywhere1971 · as Jackie's Mother
• Macbeth1970 · as Witch
• Omnibus for All1963 · as Commentator
• The Wedding1961 · as Bride's Mother
• Who Pays the Piper?1960
• Rockets in the Dunes1960 · as Mrs. Allen

All TV Shows (56)

• The Last Salute1998 · as Lady Gilbert
• Aquila1997 · as Mrs. Murray
• Wycliffe1994 · as Edith Riddle
• Pie in the Sky1994 · as Mrs. Lonsdale
• One Foot in the Grave1990 · as Elspeth
• Maid Marian and Her Merry Men1989 · as Gladys
• Great Expectations1989 · as Mrs Fagge
• Campion1989 · as Mrs. Munsey
• Agatha Christie's Poirot1989 · as Mrs. Hill
• ChuckleVision1987 · as Old Lady
• Crossbow1987
• David Copperfield1986 · as Meg Gummidge
• Worlds Beyond1986 · as Mrs Robson
• Lovejoy1986 · as Mrs. Greenlands
• In Sickness and in Health1985 · as Dorothy
• Three Up, Two Down1985 · as Joan
• Miss Marple: The Moving Finger1985 · as Emily Barton
• The Bill1984
• Sherlock Holmes1984 · as Miss Ruddock
• The Young Ones1982 · as Old Woman Next Door
• Brendon Chase1982 · as Beatrix Holcombe
• Bergerac1981 · as Aunt Annie
• That Beryl Marston...!1981 · as Auntie Vera
• Sink or Swim1980 · as Mrs O'Day
• Minder1979 · as Mrs. Mayhew
• The Legend of King Arthur1979 · as Midwife
• Tales of the Unexpected1979 · as Mrs Pardoe
• Worzel Gummidge1979 · as Miss Fogg
• Wilde Alliance1978 · as Rachel
• Nicholas Nickleby1977 · as Mrs. Nickleby
• The Phoenix and the Carpet1976 · as Mrs Biddle
• The Duchess of Duke Street1976 · as Miss Hayward
• Poldark1975 · as Mrs Carne
• My Brother's Keeper1975
• Angels1975
• Affairs of the Heart1974 · as Lavinia Penniman
• Playhouse1974 · as Kidderminster
• Playhouse1974 · as Mother
• Love and Mr Lewisham1972 · as Mrs. Chaffery
• Justice1971 · as Mrs. Garside
• Play for Today1970
• The Six Wives of Henry VIII1970 · as Lady Boleyn
• Paul Temple1969
• Counterstrike1969
• The Main Chance1969 · as Agnes McLaren
• BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Witch
• BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Mrs. Elton
• Thirty-Minute Theatre1965 · as Lilian Lovell
• United!1965
• Out of the Unknown1965 · as Jessica Ramsay
• It's Not Me - It's Them!1965
• Story Parade1964 · as Edith Coppard
• Festival1963 · as Nanine
• Festival1963 · as Chorus of Women of Canterbury
• Maigret1960
• A Wedding—