
Isla Blair
Known for Acting · 78 credits
- Born
- 1944-09-29 (age 81)
- Place of birth
- Bangalore, India
- Also known as
- Mrs. Glover
Biography
Isla Blair (born 29 September 1944) is an India-born actress of British descent. She made her first stage appearance in 1963 as Philia in the London debut of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and her first credited film appearance in the 1965 horror film Dr. Terror's House of Horrors.
Known For
TV Shows (42)

Midsomer Murders
1997
as Dr. Jane Moore

Doctor Who
1963
as Isabella

The Avengers
1961
as Bride

Heartbeat
1992
as Elaine Aubrey

Father Brown
2013
as Nanny Langton

The Saint
1962
as Janine Flambeau

A Touch of Frost
1992
as Rosalie Martin

New Tricks
2004
as Alice Pimley

Inspector Morse
1987
as Janey Wilson
Pebble Mill
1991
as Self

Grantchester
2014
as Gladys Sheppard

Space: 1999
1975
as Carla / Female Alien

Taggart
1983

Blake's 7
1978
as Sinofar

Law & Order: UK
2009

BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
as Christina

Dixon of Dock Green
1955
as Fleur Harris

Department S
1969
as Elaine

Jason King
1971

Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
1984
as Eileen

Warship
1973

Fall of Eagles
1974
as Grand Duchess Ella

C.A.T.S. Eyes
1985

In Suspicious Circumstances
1991
as Frances Orme
Quiller
1975
as Germaine Allenby

Six Centuries of Verse
1984
as Self - Reader

Only When I Laugh
1979
as Bradley
The Dickie Henderson Show
1960
as Jane

Wilde Alliance
1978
as Helen Bardsley

The Regiment
1972

The Final Cut
1995
as Claire Carlsen

The Bounder
1982
as Laura Miles

The Advocates
1991
as Katherine Dunbar

Single Father
2010
as Beatty

The History Man
1981
as Flora Beniform
One-Upmanship
1976

The Crezz
1976
as Emma Antrobus

An Englishman's Castle
1978
as Jill
True Tilda
1997
as Mrs. Mortimer

Boogie Outlaws
1987
as Inspector Leesley
The Liars
1966
as Sarah
The Doctors
1969
as Dr. Linda Carpenter
Movies (36)

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1989
as Mrs. Donovan

Johnny English Reborn
2011
as Shirley

Valmont
1989
as Baroness

A Hard Day's Night
1964
as Actress (uncredited)

Treasure Island
1990
as Mrs. Hawkins

Battle of Britain
1969
as Mrs. Andy

Taste the Blood of Dracula
1970
as Lucy Paxton

The Match
1999
as Sheila Bailey

The Monk
1990
as Mother Agueda

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
1965
as Pretty Girl (segment 4 "Disembodied Hand")

Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War
2003
as Matron

In Your Dreams
1997
as Jamie's Mother

The Greatest Store in the World
1999
as Grand Lady

The Quatermass Experiment
2005
as Blaker

AfterLife
2003
as Dr Jackson

The Ghost of Richard Harris
2022
as Self

Most Shocking Celebrity Moments of the 80s
2007
as Narrator (voice)

Alien Attack
1980
as Female Alien

The Reverend and Mrs Simpson
2022
as Older Anna

The Canterville Ghost
1974
as Lady Stutfield

Doctor Who: The King's Demons
1983
as Isabella
Poppyland
1985
as Constance Scott

A Flea in Her Ear
1968
as Antoinette, Charles' Wife

In Search of Dracula
2020
as Herself

Real Life
1984
as Anna

Tennis Court
1984
as Eileen

Present Laughter
1967
as Daphne Stillington
Off Peak
1985
as Elizabeth

The Beggar's Opera
1983
as Jenny Diver

Last Words
2017
as Mother

The Office
1996
as Hillary Drummond

Forgotten Love Songs
1978
as Christina
Heaven on Earth
1998
as Mary Weston

The Hero of My Life
1970
as Ellen Ternan

Amy and Sophia
2017
as Vivien

Blake's 7: Duel
1986
as Sinofar
About Isla Blair
Isla Blair (born 29 September 1944) is an India-born actress of British descent. She made her first stage appearance in 1963 as Philia in the London debut of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and her first credited film appearance in the 1965 horror film Dr. Terror's House of Horrors. With 78 credits spanning from 1955 to 2022, Isla Blair has appeared in 36 films and 42 TV shows.
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Most Popular Isla Blair Movies
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) — as Mrs. Donovan
- Johnny English Reborn (2011) — as Shirley
- Valmont (1989) — as Baroness
- A Hard Day's Night (1964) — as Actress (uncredited)
- Treasure Island (1990) — as Mrs. Hawkins
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