Caroline Blakiston
Known for: Acting
Born: February 13, 1933
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
22 movies · 51 TV shows, newest first
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Mary Anning
2018
7.8
Poldark
2015
7.6
Father Brown
2013
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For Elsie
2012
6.6
Scoop
2006
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Coup!
2006
6.8
The Line of Beauty
2006
4.8
Sunburn
1999
10.0
Children of the New Forest
1998
5.1
The Grand
1997
7.5
Midsomer Murders
1997
8.7
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
19945.3
Harry
1993
7.2
Heartbeat
1992
7.3
Mulberry
19927.5
Rides
1992
7.5
As Time Goes By
1992
6.9
Murder Most Horrid
1991
7.0
Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again
1989
8.2
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
6.3
The Fourth Protocol
1987
7.4
Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel
1987
7.4
Lovejoy
1986
6.3
Charters and Caldicott
1985
8.2
Sherlock Holmes
1984
5.7
Mr. Palfrey of Westminster
1984
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Miss A and Miss M
1983
7.9
Return of the Jedi
1983
6.1
Brass
1983
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Life After Death
1982
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The Last Song
1981
5.3
Private Schulz
1981
7.7
Shoestring
1979
5.9
Yanks
1979
9.0
The Mallens
1979
5.0
The Mallens
1979
7.1
Les Misérables
1978NR
The Last Romantic
1978
10.0
Thomas Hardy: A Haunted Man
1978
7.0
Wilde Alliance
1978
7.0
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
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The Sunday Drama
1977
6.5
Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle
1977
8.4
Raffles
1977
7.0
Laurence Olivier Presents
1976
8.1
The Sweeney
19754.0
Knots
1975NR
Then and Now
1973
7.5
Villains
1972
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Wives and Daughters
1971
6.5
Sunday Bloody Sunday
1971
6.5
The Lie
1970
6.6
Play for Today
1970
6.7
Shadows of Fear
1970
5.8
The Magic Christian
1969
7.7
Strange Report
1969
5.5
Department S
1969
7.0
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
6.5
The Champions
1968
8.0
The Caesars
1968
6.5
The Trygon Factor
1966
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Second Childhood
1966
4.9
The Idol
1966
7.1
Out of the Unknown
1965
5.2
The Wednesday Play
19648.0
Story Parade
1964NR
No Cloak - No Dagger
1963NR
For King and Country: Out There
1963
6.0
City Beneath the Sea
1962
7.4
The Saint
1962
7.8
The Avengers
1961
6.5
Emergency: Ward 10
1957
6.0
Armchair Theatre
1956