Acting credits
67
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Caroline Blakiston
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 22Series: 45
TMDB ID: 37442
IMDb ID: nm0086860
Known for: Acting
Born: February 13, 1933
Age: 93
Place of birth: Chelsea, London, England, UK
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1956 - 2018
Years active: 63
Average TMDB rating: 7.18
Wikidata: Q5044984
Also known as
Caroline G. 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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Caroline Blakiston.
as Molly Anning
Mary Anning
2018 • Movie
as Mama Kilov
For Elsie
2012 • Movie
as Anna Bridgmore
The Mallen Secret
2008 • Movie
as Mrs. Quincy
Scoop
2006 • Movie
as Margaret Thatcher
Coup!
2006 • Movie
as Angela Berenson
The Fourth Protocol
1987 • Movie
as Adult Lizzie (Narration)
Miss A and Miss M
1983 • Movie
as Mon Mothma
Return of the Jedi
1983 • Movie
as Josie
Life After Death
1982 • Movie
as Anna Brigmore
The Mallen Curse
1980 • Movie
as Golfing friend
Yanks
1979 • Movie
as Anna Brigmore
The Mallens
1979 • Movie
The Mallen Streak
1979 • Movie
as Mme Thénardier
Les Misérables
1978 • Movie
as Narrator
Thomas Hardy: A Haunted Man
1978 • Movie
as Elena
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
1978 • Movie
as Rowing Wife
Sunday Bloody Sunday
1971 • Movie
as Esther
The Lie
1970 • Movie
as Hon. Esther Grand
The Magic Christian
1969 • Movie
as Nun
The Trygon Factor
1966 • Movie
as Dr. Odile Keppler
Second Childhood
1966 • Movie
as 2nd Woman at Party
The Idol
1966 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Caroline Blakiston.
as Aunt Agatha • 28 eps
Poldark
2015 • Series
as Lady Lavinia Pryde • 1 eps
Father Brown
2013 • Series
as Lady Partridge • 2 eps
The Line of Beauty
2006 • Series
as Mrs. Armitage • 1 eps
Sunburn
1999 • Series
as Aunt Judith • 6 eps
Children of the New Forest
1998 • Series
as Isobel Crawford • 1 eps
The Grand
1997 • Series
as Angela Hartley • 1 eps
Midsomer Murders
1997 • Series
as Dowager Duchess • 1 eps
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
1994 • Series
as Hildy Dressler • 1 eps
Heartbeat
1992 • Series
as Adele • 2 eps
Mulberry
1992 • Series
as Margaret • 1 eps
As Time Goes By
1992 • Series
as Dr Rachel Vine • 1 eps
Murder Most Horrid
1991 • Series
2 eps
Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again
1989 • Series
as Julia Carstairs • 1 eps
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 • Series
as Bess Sedgwick • 2 eps
Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel
1987 • Series
as Miss Hemmingway • 1 eps
Lovejoy
1986 • Series
as Margaret Mottram • 6 eps
Charters and Caldicott
1985 • Series
as Dowager Duchess • 1 eps
Sherlock Holmes
1984 • Series
as Co-Ordinator • 10 eps
Mr. Palfrey of Westminster
1984 • Series
as Lady Patience Hardacre • 32 eps
Brass
1983 • Series
13 eps
The Last Song
1981 • Series
as Countess • 1 eps
Private Schulz
1981 • Series
as Monica • 1 eps
Shoestring
1979 • Series
as Anna Brigmore • 13 eps
The Mallens
1979 • Series