Caroline 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.

Known For

Midsomer Murders

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Father Brown

The Avengers

Play for Today

All Movies (25)

Mary Anning2018 · as Molly Anning
For Elsie2012 · as Mama Kilov
The Mallen Secret2008 · as Anna Bridgmore
Scoop2006 · as Mrs. Quincy
Coup!2006 · as Margaret Thatcher
The Mallen Streak2003
The Fourth Protocol1987 · as Angela Berenson
Miss A and Miss M1983 · as Adult Lizzie (Narration)
Return of the Jedi1983 · as Mon Mothma
Life After Death1982 · as Josie
The Mallen Curse1980 · as Anna Brigmore
Yanks1979 · as Golfing friend
The Mallens1979 · as Anna Brigmore
Les Misérables1978 · as Mme Thénardier
The Last Romantic1978 · as Emily
Thomas Hardy: A Haunted Man1978 · as Narrator
Saturday, Sunday, Monday1978 · as Elena
Knots1975 · as The pianist
Sunday Bloody Sunday1971 · as Rowing Wife
The Lie1970 · as Esther
The Magic Christian1969 · as Hon. Esther Grand
The Trygon Factor1966 · as Nun
Second Childhood1966 · as Dr. Odile Keppler
The Idol1966 · as 2nd Woman at Party
For King and Country: Out There1963 · as Nurse

All TV Shows (52)

Poldark2015 · as Aunt Agatha
Father Brown2013 · as Lady Lavinia Pryde
The Line of Beauty2006 · as Lady Partridge
Sunburn1999 · as Mrs. Armitage
Children of the New Forest1998 · as Aunt Judith
The Grand1997 · as Isobel Crawford
Midsomer Murders1997 · as Angela Hartley
Midsomer Murders1997 · as Hilary Compton
Midsomer Murders1997 · as Sylvia Lennard
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes1994 · as Dowager Duchess
Harry1993 · as Natasha Lee
Heartbeat1992 · as Hildy Dressler
Mulberry1992 · as Adele
Rides1992
As Time Goes By1992 · as Margaret
Murder Most Horrid1991 · as Dr Rachel Vine
Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot1989 · as Julia Carstairs
Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel1987 · as Bess Sedgwick
Lovejoy1986 · as Miss Hemmingway
Charters and Caldicott1985 · as Margaret Mottram
Sherlock Holmes1984 · as Dowager Duchess
Mr. Palfrey of Westminster1984 · as Co-Ordinator
Brass1983 · as Lady Patience Hardacre
The Last Song1981
Private Schulz1981 · as Countess
Shoestring1979 · as Monica
The Mallens1979 · as Anna Brigmore
Wilde Alliance1978 · as Elena
The Sunday Drama1977 · as Deborah
Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle1977 · as Mrs Helen Carobleat
Raffles1977 · as Lady Paulton
Laurence Olivier Presents1976 · as Elena
The Sweeney1975 · as Hildegarde
Villains1972 · as Rene
Play for Today1970 · as Esther
Play for Today1970 · as Josie
Shadows of Fear1970 · as Maureen
Strange Report1969 · as Louise
Department S1969 · as Kate Mortimer
ITV Saturday Night Theatre1969 · as Gribiche
The Champions1968 · as Marion Grant
The Caesars1968 · as Agrippina
Out of the Unknown1965 · as Dr. Odile Keppler
The Wednesday Play1964 · as Matilda Boff
Story Parade1964 · as W.P.C. Anne Cunningham
No Cloak - No Dagger1963 · as Pat Penmore
City Beneath the Sea1962
The Saint1962 · as Eleanor Bastion
The Avengers1961 · as Cynthia Wentworth-Howe
Emergency: Ward 101957
Armchair Theatre1956 · as Jessa