Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
September 29, 1944
Place of Birth:
Bangalore, India
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Isla Blair
Biography
Isla Blair (born 29 September 1944) is an India-born actress of British descent. She made her first stage appearance in 1963 as Philia in the London debut of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and her first credited film appearance in the 1965 horror film Dr. Terror's House of Horrors.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | The Reverend and Mrs Simpson | Older Anna |
| 2022 | The Ghost of Richard Harris | Self |
| 2020 | In Search of Dracula | Herself |
| 2017 | Amy and Sophia | Vivien |
| 2017 | Last Words | Mother |
| 2011 | Johnny English Reborn | Shirley |
| 2007 | Most Shocking Celebrity Moments of the 80s | Narrator (voice) |
| 2005 | The Quatermass Experiment | Blaker |
| 2003 | Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War | Matron |
| 1999 | The Match | Sheila Bailey |
| 1999 | The Greatest Store in the World | Grand Lady |
| 1998 | Heaven on Earth | Mary Weston |
| 1997 | In Your Dreams | Jamie's Mother |
| 1996 | The Office | Hillary Drummond |
| 1990 | Treasure Island | Mrs. Hawkins |
| 1990 | The Monk | Mother Agueda |
| 1989 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | Mrs. Donovan |
| 1989 | Valmont | Baroness |
| 1985 | Off Peak | Elizabeth |
| 1985 | Poppyland | Constance Scott |
| 1984 | Real Life | Anna |
| 1984 | Tennis Court | Eileen |
| 1983 | The Beggar's Opera | Jenny Diver |
| 1983 | Doctor Who: The King's Demons | Isabella |
| 1980 | Alien Attack | Female Alien |
| 1978 | Forgotten Love Songs | Christina |
| 1974 | The Canterville Ghost | Lady Stutfield |
| 1970 | Taste the Blood of Dracula | Lucy Paxton |
| 1970 | The Hero of My Life | Ellen Ternan |
| 1969 | Battle of Britain | Mrs. Andy |
| 1968 | A Flea in Her Ear | Antoinette, Charles' Wife |
| 1967 | Present Laughter | Daphne Stillington |
| 1965 | Dr. Terror's House of Horrors | Pretty Girl (segment 4 "Disembodied Hand") |
| 1964 | A Hard Day's Night | Actress (uncredited) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Grantchester | Gladys Sheppard |
| 2013 | Father Brown | Nanny Langton |
| 2010 | Single Father | Beatty |
| 2009 | Law & Order: UK | |
| 2004 | New Tricks | Alice Pimley |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Dr. Jane Moore |
| 1997 | True Tilda | Mrs. Mortimer |
| 1996 | Dalziel & Pascoe | |
| 1995 | The Final Cut | Claire Carlsen |
| 1992 | A Touch of Frost | |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | Elaine Aubrey |
| 1992 | A Touch of Frost | Rosalie Martin |
| 1991 | Pebble Mill | Self |
| 1991 | The Advocates | Katherine Dunbar |
| 1987 | Inspector Morse | Janey Wilson |
| 1987 | Boogie Outlaws | Inspector Leesley |
| 1985 | C.A.T.S. Eyes | |
| 1984 | Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense | Eileen |
| 1984 | Six Centuries of Verse | Self - Reader |
| 1983 | Taggart | |
| 1982 | The Bounder | Laura Miles |
| 1981 | The History Man | Flora Beniform |
| 1979 | Only When I Laugh | Bradley |
| 1978 | Blake's 7 | Sinofar |
| 1978 | An Englishman's Castle | Jill |
| 1978 | Wilde Alliance | Helen Bardsley |
| 1977 | BBC2 Play of the Week | Christina |
| 1976 | The Crezz | |
| 1976 | The Crezz | Emma Antrobus |
| 1975 | Space: 1999 | Carla |
| 1975 | Quiller | Germaine Allenby |
| 1975 | Space: 1999 | Female Alien |
| 1975 | The Venturers | Joanne Kelly |
| 1974 | Fall of Eagles | Grand Duchess Ella |
| 1973 | Warship | |
| 1972 | The Regiment | |
| 1971 | Jason King | |
| 1969 | Department S | Elaine |
| 1969 | The Doctors | Dr. Linda Carpenter |
| 1966 | The Liars | Sarah |
| 1963 | Doctor Who | Isabella |
| 1962 | The Saint | Janine Flambeau |
| 1961 | The Avengers | Bride |
| 1960 | The Dickie Henderson Show | Jane |
| 1955 | Dixon of Dock Green | Fleur Harris |