Caroline Blakiston
Acting
Born: February 13, 1933 (age 93) · Chelsea, London, England, UK
Highest Rated
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.
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Movies (18)
Return of the Jedi
Mon Mothma
The Fourth Protocol
Angela Berenson
Scoop
Mrs. Quincy
The Magic Christian
Hon. Esther Grand
Les Misérables
Mme Thénardier
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Rowing Wife
Yanks
Golfing friend
The Idol
2nd Woman at Party
Miss A and Miss M
Adult Lizzie (Narration)
Second Childhood
Dr. Odile Keppler
Coup!
Margaret Thatcher
For Elsie
Mama Kilov
The Trygon Factor
Nun
Thomas Hardy: A Haunted Man
Narrator
The Lie
Esther
Life After Death
Josie
Mary Anning
Molly Anning
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
Elena
TV Shows (49)
Midsomer Murders
Angela Hartley · 1 eps
Midsomer Murders
Hilary Compton · 1 eps
Midsomer Murders
Sylvia Lennard · 1 eps
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Julia Carstairs · 1 eps
Father Brown
Lady Lavinia Pryde · 1 eps
Play for Today
Esther · 1 eps
Play for Today
Josie · 1 eps
The Avengers
Cynthia Wentworth-Howe · 2 eps
The Saint
Eleanor Bastion · 1 eps
Heartbeat
Hildy Dressler · 1 eps
The Wednesday Play
Matilda Boff · 1 eps
Sherlock Holmes
Dowager Duchess · 1 eps
The Sweeney
Hildegarde · 1 eps
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Gribiche · 1 eps
Poldark
Aunt Agatha · 28 eps
The Champions
Marion Grant · 1 eps
Lovejoy
Miss Hemmingway · 1 eps
As Time Goes By
Margaret · 1 eps
Shoestring
Monica · 1 eps
Out of the Unknown
Dr. Odile Keppler · 1 eps
Murder Most Horrid
Dr Rachel Vine · 1 eps
Department S
Kate Mortimer · 1 eps
Private Schulz
Countess · 1 eps
Emergency: Ward 10
66 eps
Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel
Bess Sedgwick · 2 eps
Brass
Lady Patience Hardacre · 32 eps
The Grand
Isobel Crawford · 1 eps
Mr. Palfrey of Westminster
Co-Ordinator · 10 eps
Comic Relief
1 eps
Wilde Alliance
Elena · 1 eps
Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again
Madame Courdet · 2 eps
The Line of Beauty
Lady Partridge · 2 eps
Villains
Rene · 1 eps
Strange Report
Louise · 1 eps
Raffles
Lady Paulton · 1 eps
Laurence Olivier Presents
Elena · 1 eps
Shadows of Fear
Maureen · 1 eps
Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle
Mrs Helen Carobleat · 2 eps
The Caesars
Agrippina · 6 eps
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Dowager Duchess · 1 eps
The Mallens
Anna Brigmore · 13 eps
Armchair Theatre
Jessa · 1 eps
Sunburn
Mrs. Armitage · 1 eps
Mulberry
Adele · 2 eps
City Beneath the Sea
7 eps
Children of the New Forest
Aunt Judith · 6 eps
Charters and Caldicott
Margaret Mottram · 6 eps
Wives and Daughters
Lady Harriet · 6 eps
The Last Song
13 eps