Caroline Blakiston
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 13, 1933 (age 93)
- Birthplace
- Chelsea, London, England, UK
Biography
Caroline Blakiston (born 13 February 1933) is an English actress. Best known for her role in the television comedy series Brass, she has also appeared as Mon Mothma in the science-fiction film Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. In the 1960s she appeared in three episodes of The Avengers as well a number of ITC productions such as The Saint and the 1969 Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) episode "Never Trust a Ghost". She appeared to great acclaim as Marjorie Ferrar in the BBC Television adaptation of Galsworthy's The Forsyte Saga in 1967. In 1977 she appeared in Raffles as Lady Paulton, and also in Murder Most English as Helen Carobleat. In 1986 Blakiston played the villain Bess Sedgwick, opposite Joan Hickson's Miss Marple, in "At Bertram's Hotel", made by the BBC and shown on the PBS series Mystery in the U.S. She also appeared as Lionel Hardcastle's ex-wife in an episode of As Time Goes By. She and Geoffrey Palmer (Lionel) had previously played estranged spouses a decade earlier in Carla Lane's series The Last Song.
Known For
Filmography
Mary Anning
Movie · as Molly Anning
Poldark
TV · as Aunt Agatha · 28 eps
Father Brown
TV · as Lady Lavinia Pryde · 1 ep
For Elsie
Movie · as Mama Kilov
Coup!
Movie · as Margaret Thatcher
Scoop
Movie · as Mrs. Quincy
The Line of Beauty
TV · as Lady Partridge · 2 eps
Sunburn
TV · as Mrs. Armitage · 1 ep
Children of the New Forest
TV · as Aunt Judith · 6 eps
Midsomer Murders
TV · as Angela Hartley, Hilary Compton, Sylvia Lennard · 1 ep
The Grand
TV · as Isobel Crawford · 1 ep
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
TV · as Dowager Duchess · 1 ep
Harry
TV · as Natasha Lee · 1 ep
Heartbeat
TV · as Hildy Dressler · 1 ep
Rides
TV · 12 eps
As Time Goes By
TV · as Margaret · 1 ep
Mulberry
TV · as Adele · 2 eps
Murder Most Horrid
TV · as Dr Rachel Vine · 1 ep
Chancer
TV · as Mary Douglas · 3 eps
Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again
TV · as Madame Courdet · 2 eps
Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV · as Julia Carstairs · 1 ep
Comic Relief
TV · 1 ep
The Fourth Protocol
Movie · as Angela Berenson
Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel
TV · as Bess Sedgwick · 2 eps
Lovejoy
TV · as Miss Hemmingway · 1 ep
Charters and Caldicott
TV · as Margaret Mottram · 6 eps
Sherlock Holmes
TV · as Dowager Duchess · 1 ep
Mr. Palfrey of Westminster
TV · as Co-Ordinator · 10 eps
Return of the Jedi
Movie · as Mon Mothma
Miss A and Miss M
Movie · as Adult Lizzie (Narration)
Brass
TV · as Lady Patience Hardacre · 32 eps
Life After Death
Movie · as Josie
All for Love
TV · as Adult Lizzie (voice) · 1 ep
The Last Song
TV · 13 eps
Private Schulz
TV · as Countess · 1 ep
Yanks
Movie · as Golfing friend
The Mallens
TV · as Anna Brigmore · 13 eps
Shoestring
TV · as Monica · 1 ep
Les Misérables
Movie · as Mme Thénardier
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
Movie · as Elena
Thomas Hardy: A Haunted Man
Movie · as Narrator
The Last Romantic
Movie · as Emily
Wilde Alliance
TV · as Elena · 1 ep
Raffles
TV · as Lady Paulton · 1 ep
Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle
TV · as Mrs Helen Carobleat · 2 eps
The Sunday Drama
TV · as Deborah · 1 ep
Laurence Olivier Presents
TV · as Elena · 1 ep
Murder
TV · as Elizabeth · 1 ep
Knots
Movie · as The pianist
The Sweeney
TV · as Hildegarde · 1 ep
Then and Now
TV · as Erica · 1 ep
Villains
TV · as Rene · 1 ep
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Movie · as Rowing Wife
Wives and Daughters
TV · as Lady Harriet · 6 eps
The Lie
Movie · as Esther
Shadows of Fear
TV · as Maureen · 1 ep
Play for Today
TV · as Esther, Josie · 1 ep
The Magic Christian
Movie · as Hon. Esther Grand
Department S
TV · as Kate Mortimer · 1 ep
Strange Report
TV · as Louise · 1 ep
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
TV · as Gribiche · 1 ep
The Champions
TV · as Marion Grant · 1 ep
The Caesars
TV · as Agrippina · 6 eps
The Trygon Factor
Movie · as Nun
The Idol
Movie · as 2nd Woman at Party
Second Childhood
Movie · as Dr. Odile Keppler
Out of the Unknown
TV · as Dr. Odile Keppler · 1 ep
The Wednesday Play
TV · as Matilda Boff · 1 ep
Story Parade
TV · as W.P.C. Anne Cunningham · 1 ep
For King and Country: Out There
Movie · as Nurse
No Cloak - No Dagger
TV · as Pat Penmore · 6 eps
The Saint
TV · as Eleanor Bastion · 1 ep
City Beneath the Sea
TV · 7 eps
The Avengers
TV · as Cynthia Wentworth-Howe · 2 eps
Emergency: Ward 10
TV · 66 eps
Armchair Theatre
TV · as Jessa · 1 ep