Caroline Blakiston
Acting
1933-02-13 · Chelsea, London, England, UK
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.
Filmography
Mary Anning
2018 · Movie
Poldark
2015 · Series
Father Brown
2013 · Series
For Elsie
2012 · Movie
Scoop
2006 · Movie
Coup!
2006 · Movie
The Line of Beauty
2006 · Series
Sunburn
1999 · Series
Children of the New Forest
1998 · Series
The Grand
1997 · Series
Midsomer Murders
1997 · Series
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
1994 · Series
Harry
1993 · Series
Heartbeat
1992 · Series
Mulberry
1992 · Series
Rides
1992 · Series
As Time Goes By
1992 · Series
Murder Most Horrid
1991 · Series
Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again
1989 · Series
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · Series
The Fourth Protocol
1987 · Movie
Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel
1987 · Series
Lovejoy
1986 · Series
Charters and Caldicott
1985 · Series
Sherlock Holmes
1984 · Series
Mr. Palfrey of Westminster
1984 · Series
Miss A and Miss M
1983 · Movie
Return of the Jedi
1983 · Movie
Brass
1983 · Series
Life After Death
1982 · Movie
The Last Song
1981 · Series
Private Schulz
1981 · Series
Shoestring
1979 · Series
Yanks
1979 · Movie
The Mallens
1979 · Series
The Mallens
1979 · Movie
Les Misérables
1978 · Movie
The Last Romantic
1978 · Movie
Thomas Hardy: A Haunted Man
1978 · Movie
Wilde Alliance
1978 · Series
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
1978 · Movie
The Sunday Drama
1977 · Series
Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle
1977 · Series
Raffles
1977 · Series
Laurence Olivier Presents
1976 · Series
The Sweeney
1975 · Series
Knots
1975 · Movie
Then and Now
1973 · Series
Villains
1972 · Series
Wives and Daughters
1971 · Series
Sunday Bloody Sunday
1971 · Movie
The Lie
1970 · Movie
Play for Today
1970 · Series
Shadows of Fear
1970 · Series
The Magic Christian
1969 · Movie
Strange Report
1969 · Series
Department S
1969 · Series
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969 · Series
The Champions
1968 · Series
The Caesars
1968 · Series
The Trygon Factor
1966 · Movie
Second Childhood
1966 · Movie
The Idol
1966 · Movie
Out of the Unknown
1965 · Series
The Wednesday Play
1964 · Series
Story Parade
1964 · Series
No Cloak - No Dagger
1963 · Series
For King and Country: Out There
1963 · Movie
City Beneath the Sea
1962 · Series
The Saint
1962 · Series
The Avengers
1961 · Series
Emergency: Ward 10
1957 · Series
Armchair Theatre
1956 · Series