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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
February 13, 1933
Place of Birth:
Chelsea, London, England, UK
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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.
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Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Mary Anning | Molly Anning |
| 2012 | For Elsie | Mama Kilov |
| 2008 | The Mallen Secret | Anna Bridgmore |
| 2006 | Coup! | Margaret Thatcher |
| 2006 | Scoop | Mrs. Quincy |
| 2003 | The Mallen Streak | |
| 1987 | The Fourth Protocol | Angela Berenson |
| 1983 | Return of the Jedi | Mon Mothma |
| 1983 | Miss A and Miss M | Adult Lizzie (Narration) |
| 1982 | Life After Death | Josie |
| 1980 | The Mallen Curse | Anna Brigmore |
| 1979 | Yanks | Golfing friend |
| 1979 | The Mallens | Anna Brigmore |
| 1978 | Les Misérables | Mme Thénardier |
| 1978 | Saturday, Sunday, Monday | Elena |
| 1978 | Thomas Hardy: A Haunted Man | Narrator |
| 1975 | Knots | The pianist |
| 1971 | Sunday Bloody Sunday | Rowing Wife |
| 1970 | The Lie | Esther |
| 1969 | The Magic Christian | Hon. Esther Grand |
| 1966 | The Trygon Factor | Nun |
| 1966 | The Idol | 2nd Woman at Party |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Poldark | Aunt Agatha |
| 2013 | Father Brown | Lady Lavinia Pryde |
| 2006 | The Line of Beauty | Lady Partridge |
| 1999 | Sunburn | Mrs. Armitage |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Angela Hartley |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Hilary Compton |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Sylvia Lennard |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | Hildy Dressler |
| 1992 | Rides | |
| 1992 | As Time Goes By | Margaret |
| 1992 | Mulberry | Adele |
| 1991 | Murder Most Horrid | Dr. Rachel Vine |
| 1989 | Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again | |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Julia Carstairs |
| 1987 | Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel | Bess Sedgwick |
| 1986 | Lovejoy | Miss Hemmingway |
| 1985 | Charters and Caldicott | Margaret Mottram |
| 1984 | Sherlock Holmes | Dowager Duchess |
| 1984 | Mr. Palfrey of Westminster | |
| 1983 | Brass | |
| 1981 | Private Schulz | Countess |
| 1981 | The Last Song | |
| 1979 | Shoestring | |
| 1979 | The Mallens | |
| 1977 | Murder Most English | Mrs. Helen Carobleat |
| 1977 | Raffles | Lady Paulton |
| 1976 | Laurence Olivier Presents | Elena |
| 1975 | The Sweeney | Hildegarde |
| 1970 | Shadows of Fear | Maureen |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Esther |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Josie |
| 1969 | Department S | Kate Mortimer |
| 1969 | Strange Report | Louise |
| 1968 | The Champions | Marion Grant |
| 1968 | The Caesars | Agrippina |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play | Matilda Boff |
| 1962 | The Saint | Eleanor Bastion |
| 1962 | City Beneath the Sea | |
| 1961 | The Avengers | Cynthia Wentworth-Howe |
| 1957 | Emergency – Ward 10 |