Katharine Blake
ActingAlso Known As
Illonne Katharine Inglestone
Biography
Katharine Blake (born Illonne Katharine Inglestone, September 11, 1921 – March 1, 1991) was a British actress, born in South Africa, with an extensive career in television and films. She won the BAFTA for Best Actress for her work in television in 1964. She portrayed Elizabeth Boleyn in the film Anne of the Thousand Days (1969). In 1969/1970, she played the character Chris Nourse in first an episode of Public Eye and then in Armchair Theatre's Wednesday's Child; one of the first lesbian love affairs to be seen on UK television. She replaced Googie Withers as the Prison Governor in the ITV series Within These Walls in 1977, but only appeared in one season, leaving the role due to ill health. Her first husband was actor Anthony Jacobs (1942-1948,1 child), her second husband was actor/director David Greene (1948-1959,1 child), and her third husband was director Charles Jarrott (1959-1982). She was estranged from her 2 daughters at the time of her death.
Movies
(16 total)
Anne of the Thousand Days
as Elizabeth Boleyn
Hunted
as Waitress
Saturday Island
as Nurse
Hammer the Toff
as Janet Lord
To Have and to Hold
as Claudia
Male of the Species
as Miss Saville
Assassin for Hire
as Maria Riccardi
Trottie True
as Ruby Rubarto
The Man Out There
as Marie
Wuthering Heights
as Catherine Earnshaw
Beyond Our Means
as Sylvia Forsyth
Hell's Angel
as Cynthia McKenna
Now That April's Here
as Hilda Adams
TV Shows
(11 total)
Play for Today
as Cynthia McKenna
Sir Francis Drake
as The Dark Lady
Crown Court
as Irene Rutland
Public Eye
as Mrs. Nourse
Armchair Theatre
as Hilary
Theatre 625
as Joanna Afton
Within These Walls
as Helen Forrester
Male of the Species
as Miss Saville
Folio
as Lady Macbeth