Caroline Blakiston

Known for

Acting

Born

February 13, 1933 (age 93)

Birthplace

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 Sedgwic...

Best known work

Return of the Jedi

1983

Scoop

2006

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989

Midsomer Murders

1997

Poldark

2015

Sherlock Holmes

1984

The Fourth Protocol

1987

The Avengers

1961

Sunday Bloody Sunday

1971

Father Brown

2013

Filmography

2018
Mary Anning
as Molly Anning
2015
PoldarkTV
as Aunt Agatha (28 episodes)
2013
Father BrownTV
as Lady Lavinia Pryde (1 episode)
2012
For Elsie
as Mama Kilov
2006
Scoop
as Mrs. Quincy
2006
Coup!
as Margaret Thatcher
2006
The Line of BeautyTV
as Lady Partridge (2 episodes)
1999
SunburnTV
as Mrs. Armitage (1 episode)
1998
Children of the New ForestTV
as Aunt Judith (6 episodes)
1997
The GrandTV
as Isobel Crawford (1 episode)
1997
Midsomer MurdersTV
as Angela Hartley (1 episode), as Hilary Compton (1 episode), as Sylvia Lennard (1 episode)
1994
The Memoirs of Sherlock HolmesTV
as Dowager Duchess (1 episode)
1993
HarryTV
as Natasha Lee (1 episode)
1992
HeartbeatTV
as Hildy Dressler (1 episode)
1992
MulberryTV
as Adele (2 episodes)
1992
RidesTV
1992
As Time Goes ByTV
as Margaret (1 episode)
1991
Murder Most HorridTV
as Dr Rachel Vine (1 episode)
1989
Judith Krantz's Till We Meet AgainTV
1989
Agatha Christie's PoirotTV
as Julia Carstairs (1 episode)
1987
The Fourth Protocol
as Angela Berenson
1987
Miss Marple: At Bertram's HotelTV
as Bess Sedgwick (2 episodes)
1986
LovejoyTV
as Miss Hemmingway (1 episode)
1985
Charters and CaldicottTV
as Margaret Mottram (6 episodes)
1984
Sherlock HolmesTV
as Dowager Duchess (1 episode)