Elliott Mason (29 January 1888 – 20 June 1949) was a British
stage
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and
film actress
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. She was sometimes credited as Elliot Mason.
After making her screen debut in the 1935 comedy ''
The Ghost Goes West
''The Ghost Goes West'' is a 1935 British romantic comedy/fantasy film starring Robert Donat, Jean Parker, and Eugene Pallette, and directed by René Clair, his first English-language film. The film shows an Old World ghost dealing with American ...
'', Mason appeared regularly in supporting roles for the next decade. She worked on several films made at
Ealing Studios
Ealing Studios is a television and film production company and facilities provider at Ealing Green in West London. Will Barker bought the White Lodge on Ealing Green in 1902 as a base for film making, and films have been made on the site ever s ...
including ''
The Ghost of St. Michael's
''The Ghost of St. Michael's'' is a 1941 British comedy- thriller film, produced by Ealing Studios.
Will Hay, the film's star, replaced his sidekicks, Graham Moffatt and Moore Marriott, from his previous film '' Where's That Fire?'' with comed ...
'', where her seemingly respectable character turns out to be a German spy, and ''
Turned Out Nice Again
''Turned Out Nice Again'' is a 1941 British comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring the Lancashire-born comedian George Formby.
Made at Ealing Studios, ''Turned Out Nice Again'' premiered at the London Pavilion Cinema on 29 June 194 ...
'' in which she plays a domineering mother-in-law.
[Barr p.192] Her final appearance was in the 1946
prisoner-of-war
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drama ''
The Captive Heart
''The Captive Heart'' is a 1946 British war drama, directed by Basil Dearden and starring Michael Redgrave. It is about a Czechoslovak Army officer who is captured in the Fall of France and spends five years as a prisoner of war, during which ti ...
''.
Filmography
References
Bibliography
* Barr, Charles. ''Ealing Studios''. University of California Press, 1998.
External links
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1888 births
1949 deaths
British stage actresses
British film actresses
Actresses from Glasgow
20th-century British actresses
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