Caroline Blakiston
Known for Acting · 76 credits
- Born
- 1933-02-13 (age 93)
- Place of birth
- Chelsea, London, England, UK
- Also known as
- Caroline G. Blakiston
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
TV Shows (51)
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Angela Hartley / Hilary Compton / Sylvia Lennard
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Julia Carstairs
Play for Today
1970
as Esther / Josie
Sherlock Holmes
1984
as Dowager Duchess
The Avengers
1961
as Cynthia Wentworth-Howe
Father Brown
2013
as Lady Lavinia Pryde
Heartbeat
1992
as Hildy Dressler
The Saint
1962
as Eleanor Bastion
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Matilda Boff
The Sweeney
1975
as Hildegarde
Poldark
2015
as Aunt Agatha
The Champions
1968
as Marion Grant
Lovejoy
1986
as Miss Hemmingway
Story Parade
1964
as W.P.C. Anne Cunningham
Department S
1969
as Kate Mortimer
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Gribiche
Murder Most Horrid
1991
as Dr Rachel Vine
As Time Goes By
1992
as Margaret
Shoestring
1979
as Monica
The Grand
1997
as Isobel Crawford
Harry
1993
as Natasha Lee
The Sunday Drama
1977
as Deborah
Wilde Alliance
1978
as Elena
Emergency: Ward 10
1957
Brass
1983
as Lady Patience Hardacre
Raffles
1977
as Lady Paulton
Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel
1987
as Bess Sedgwick
Out of the Unknown
1965
as Dr. Odile Keppler
Laurence Olivier Presents
1976
as Elena
The Line of Beauty
2006
as Lady Partridge
Villains
1972
as Rene
Strange Report
1969
as Louise
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
1994
as Dowager Duchess
Mr. Palfrey of Westminster
1984
as Co-Ordinator
Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle
1977
as Mrs Helen Carobleat
Private Schulz
1981
as Countess
Sunburn
1999
as Mrs. Armitage
The Mallens
1979
as Anna Brigmore
Shadows of Fear
1970
as Maureen
Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again
1989
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Jessa
Children of the New Forest
1998
as Aunt Judith
The Caesars
1968
as Agrippina
Mulberry
1992
as Adele
City Beneath the Sea
1962
No Cloak - No Dagger
1963
as Pat Penmore
Charters and Caldicott
1985
as Margaret Mottram
Then and Now
1973
as Erica
Rides
1992
Wives and Daughters
1971
as Lady Harriet
The Last Song
1981
Movies (25)
Return of the Jedi
1983
as Mon Mothma
Scoop
2006
as Mrs. Quincy
Sunday Bloody Sunday
1971
as Rowing Wife
Second Childhood
1966
as Dr. Odile Keppler
Les Misérables
1978
as Mme Thénardier
For Elsie
2012
as Mama Kilov
Coup!
2006
as Margaret Thatcher
The Fourth Protocol
1987
as Angela Berenson
The Magic Christian
1969
as Hon. Esther Grand
Yanks
1979
as Golfing friend
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
1978
as Elena
The Trygon Factor
1966
as Nun
For King and Country: Out There
1963
as Nurse
Thomas Hardy: A Haunted Man
1978
as Narrator
The Mallen Curse
1980
as Anna Brigmore
The Mallens
1979
as Anna Brigmore
The Lie
1970
as Esther
The Last Romantic
1978
as Emily
The Idol
1966
as 2nd Woman at Party
Knots
1975
as The pianist
Life After Death
1982
as Josie
The Mallen Secret
2008
as Anna Bridgmore
Miss A and Miss M
1983
as Adult Lizzie (Narration)
The Mallen Streak
1979
Mary Anning
2018
as Molly Anning
About Caroline Blakiston
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. I… With 76 credits spanning from 1956 to 2018, Caroline Blakiston has appeared in 25 films and 51 TV shows.
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Most Popular Caroline Blakiston Movies
- Return of the Jedi (1983) — as Mon Mothma
- Scoop (2006) — as Mrs. Quincy
- Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) — as Rowing Wife
- Second Childhood (1966) — as Dr. Odile Keppler
- Les Misérables (1978) — as Mme Thénardier
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