Caroline Blakiston
ActingAlso 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.
Movies
(25 total)
Return of the Jedi
as Mon Mothma
Scoop
as Mrs. Quincy
The Fourth Protocol
as Angela Berenson
Sunday Bloody Sunday
as Rowing Wife
Yanks
as Golfing friend
The Magic Christian
as Hon. Esther Grand
Les Misérables
as Mme Thénardier
The Trygon Factor
as Nun
The Idol
as 2nd Woman at Party
The Lie
as Esther
Thomas Hardy: A Haunted Man
as Narrator
Miss A and Miss M
as Adult Lizzie (Narration)
Coup!
as Margaret Thatcher
Mary Anning
as Molly Anning
The Mallen Secret
as Anna Bridgmore
The Mallen Curse
as Anna Brigmore
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
as Elena
For Elsie
as Mama Kilov
Life After Death
as Josie
TV Shows
(47 total)
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Julia Carstairs
Midsomer Murders
as Angela Hartley
Midsomer Murders
as Hilary Compton
Midsomer Murders
as Sylvia Lennard
Poldark
as Aunt Agatha
Sherlock Holmes
as Dowager Duchess
The Avengers
as Cynthia Wentworth-Howe
Father Brown
as Lady Lavinia Pryde
The Saint
as Eleanor Bastion
Lovejoy
as Miss Hemmingway
As Time Goes By
as Margaret
Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel
as Bess Sedgwick
Heartbeat
as Hildy Dressler
The Sweeney
as Hildegarde
The Line of Beauty
as Lady Partridge
The Champions
as Marion Grant
Murder Most Horrid
as Dr. Rachel Vine
Department S
as Kate Mortimer
Play for Today
as Esther
Play for Today
as Josie