Caroline John

Biography

Caroline Frances John was an English actress. She played classical roles on the stage and also portrayed Elizabeth "Liz" Shaw in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who, as well as several other television roles.

Known For

Crown Court

Sheena Smithson

Doctor Who

Liz Shaw

Casualty

Edith Howlett

The House of Eliott

Lilian Brownlow

Sherlock Holmes

Mrs Carnac

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

Edith Dallas

Love Actually

Sam's Grandmother

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Laura Lyons

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2021	Nick & Caroline: Uncut!
2017	The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years
2013	Carry On: The Life of Caroline John	(archival footage)
2010	Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2	Liz Shaw (archive footage)
2008	Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
2008	The Ties That Bind Us	Liz Shaw (archive footage)
2003	Love Actually	Sam's Grandmother
1998	The Woodlanders	Housekeeper
1996	Kiss and Tell	Avril Owens
1996	Unnatural Selection	Dr. Elizabeth Shaw
1996	Ghosts of Winterborne	Dr. Elizabeth Shaw
1995	The Devil of Winterborne	Dr. Elizabeth Shaw
1995	The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
1994	The Zero Imperative	Dr. Elizabeth Shaw
1994	The Stranger: Breach of the Peace	Detective Chief Inspector Diana Sellars
1993	Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time	Liz Shaw
1992	Bad Girl	Mrs Carter
1989	The Woman in Black	Stella's Mother
1986	Link	Mrs Miller
1985	Santa Claus: The Movie	Village Woman (uncredited)
1984	The Razor's Edge	Mrs. Mackenzie
1984	Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks	Liz Shaw (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983	A Pattern of Roses	Vicar's Wife
1983	Doctor Who: The Five Doctors	Liz Shaw
1975	The Way of the World	Foible
1973	Assassin	Ann
1970	Doctor Who: Inferno	Liz Shaw / Section Leader Elizabeth Shaw
1970	Doctor Who and the Silurians	Liz Shaw
1970	Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space	Liz Shaw
1970	Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death	Liz Shaw
1967	Much Ado About Nothing	Hero
1963	The King's Breakfast	The Queen's Maid
1955	Raising a Riot	Child at Party

Year	TV Show	Role
1995	The Choir	Janet Young
1991	The House of Eliott	Lilian Brownlow
1986	Casualty	Edith Howlett
1984	Sherlock Holmes	Mrs Carnac
1982	The Hound of the Baskervilles	Laura Lyons
1972	Crown Court	Sheena Smithson
1971	The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes	Edith Dallas
1963	Doctor Who	Liz Shaw