
Person
Caroline Blakiston
Acting · Born 1933-02-13 · Chelsea, London, England, UK
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
Angela Hartley

Play for Today
Esther

Agatha Christie's Poirot
Julia Carstairs

The Avengers
Cynthia Wentworth-Howe

Father Brown
Lady Lavinia Pryde

Heartbeat
Hildy Dressler

The Wednesday Play
Matilda Boff

Sherlock Holmes
Dowager Duchess

The Saint
Eleanor Bastion

The Sweeney
Hildegarde
Filmography
- 2018Mary AnningMolly Anning
- 2015PoldarkAunt Agatha
- 2013Father BrownLady Lavinia Pryde
- 2012For ElsieMama Kilov
- 2008The Mallen SecretAnna Bridgmore
- 2006ScoopMrs. Quincy
- 2006Coup!Margaret Thatcher
- 2006The Line of BeautyLady Partridge
- 1999SunburnMrs. Armitage
- 1998Children of the New ForestAunt Judith
- 1997The GrandIsobel Crawford
- 1997Midsomer MurdersAngela Hartley
- 1994The Memoirs of Sherlock HolmesDowager Duchess
- 1993HarryNatasha Lee
- 1992HeartbeatHildy Dressler
- 1992MulberryAdele
- 1992Rides
- 1992As Time Goes ByMargaret
- 1991Murder Most HorridDr Rachel Vine
- 1989Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again
- 1989Agatha Christie's PoirotJulia Carstairs
- 1987The Fourth ProtocolAngela Berenson
- 1987Miss Marple: At Bertram's HotelBess Sedgwick
- 1986LovejoyMiss Hemmingway
- 1985Charters and CaldicottMargaret Mottram
- 1984Sherlock HolmesDowager Duchess
- 1984Mr. Palfrey of WestminsterCo-Ordinator
- 1983Miss A and Miss MAdult Lizzie (Narration)
- 1983Return of the JediMon Mothma
- 1983BrassLady Patience Hardacre
- 1982Life After DeathJosie
- 1981The Last Song
- 1981Private SchulzCountess
- 1980The Mallen CurseAnna Brigmore
- 1979ShoestringMonica
- 1979YanksGolfing friend
- 1979The Mallen Streak
- 1979The MallensAnna Brigmore
- 1979The MallensAnna Brigmore
- 1978Les MisérablesMme Thénardier
- 1978The Last RomanticEmily
- 1978Thomas Hardy: A Haunted ManNarrator
- 1978Wilde AllianceElena
- 1978Saturday, Sunday, MondayElena
- 1977The Sunday DramaDeborah
- 1977Murder Most English: A Flaxborough ChronicleMrs Helen Carobleat
- 1977RafflesLady Paulton
- 1976Laurence Olivier PresentsElena
- 1975The SweeneyHildegarde
- 1975KnotsThe pianist
- 1973Then and NowErica
- 1972VillainsRene
- 1971Wives and DaughtersLady Harriet
- 1971Sunday Bloody SundayRowing Wife
- 1970The LieEsther
- 1970Play for TodayEsther
- 1970Shadows of FearMaureen
- 1969The Magic ChristianHon. Esther Grand
- 1969Strange ReportLouise
- 1969Department SKate Mortimer
- 1969ITV Saturday Night TheatreGribiche
- 1968The ChampionsMarion Grant
- 1968The CaesarsAgrippina
- 1966The Trygon FactorNun
- 1966Second ChildhoodDr. Odile Keppler
- 1966The Idol2nd Woman at Party
- 1965Out of the UnknownDr. Odile Keppler
- 1964The Wednesday PlayMatilda Boff
- 1964Story ParadeW.P.C. Anne Cunningham
- 1963No Cloak - No DaggerPat Penmore
- 1963For King and Country: Out ThereNurse
- 1962City Beneath the Sea
- 1962The SaintEleanor Bastion
- 1961The AvengersCynthia Wentworth-Howe
- 1957Emergency: Ward 10
- 1956Armchair TheatreJessa
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