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Caroline Blakiston

Caroline Blakiston

Actor · Born 1933-02-13 · Chelsea, London, England, UK

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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 & TV Shows

  1. Return of the Jedi (1983) — Mon Mothma
  2. Scoop (2006) — Mrs. Quincy
  3. Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) — Julia Carstairs
  4. Midsomer Murders (1997) — Angela Hartley
  5. Poldark (2015) — Aunt Agatha
  6. Sherlock Holmes (1984) — Dowager Duchess
  7. The Fourth Protocol (1987) — Angela Berenson
  8. The Avengers (1961) — Cynthia Wentworth-Howe
  9. Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) — Rowing Wife
  10. Father Brown (2013) — Lady Lavinia Pryde
  11. The Saint (1962) — Eleanor Bastion
  12. Yanks (1979) — Golfing friend
  13. Lovejoy (1986) — Miss Hemmingway
  14. The Magic Christian (1969) — Hon. Esther Grand
  15. As Time Goes By (1992) — Margaret
  16. Les Misérables (1978) — Mme Thénardier
  17. Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel (1987) — Bess Sedgwick
  18. Heartbeat (1992) — Hildy Dressler
  19. The Sweeney (1975) — Hildegarde
  20. The Line of Beauty (2006) — Lady Partridge
  21. The Champions (1968) — Marion Grant
  22. The Trygon Factor (1966) — Nun
  23. Department S (1969) — Kate Mortimer
  24. Murder Most Horrid (1991) — Dr Rachel Vine
  25. The Idol (1966) — 2nd Woman at Party
  26. Play for Today (1970) — Esther
  27. Brass (1983) — Lady Patience Hardacre
  28. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1994) — Dowager Duchess
  29. Out of the Unknown (1965) — Dr. Odile Keppler
  30. The Grand (1997) — Isobel Crawford
  31. The Caesars (1968) — Agrippina
  32. Mulberry (1992) — Adele
  33. Private Schulz (1981) — Countess
  34. Shoestring (1979) — Monica
  35. Armchair Theatre (1956) — Jessa
  36. Sunburn (1999) — Mrs. Armitage
  37. Raffles (1977) — Lady Paulton
  38. The Wednesday Play (1964) — Matilda Boff
  39. Emergency: Ward 10 (1957)
  40. Charters and Caldicott (1985) — Margaret Mottram