Acting
Caroline Blakiston
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
Film · 2018
Poldark
Series · 2015
Father Brown
Series · 2013
For Elsie
Film · 2012
Coup!
Film · 2006
Scoop
Film · 2006
The Line of Beauty
Series · 2006
Sunburn
Series · 1999
Children of the New Forest
Series · 1998
Midsomer Murders
Series · 1997
Midsomer Murders
Series · 1997
Midsomer Murders
Series · 1997
The Grand
Series · 1997
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Series · 1994
Harry
Series · 1993
Heartbeat
Series · 1992
Rides
Series · 1992
As Time Goes By
Series · 1992
Mulberry
Series · 1992
Murder Most Horrid
Series · 1991
Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again
Series · 1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Series · 1989
Comic Relief
Series · 1988
The Fourth Protocol
Film · 1987
Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel
Series · 1987
Lovejoy
Series · 1986
Charters and Caldicott
Series · 1985
Sherlock Holmes
Series · 1984
Mr. Palfrey of Westminster
Series · 1984
Return of the Jedi
Film · 1983
Miss A and Miss M
Film · 1983
Brass
Series · 1983
Life After Death
Film · 1982
The Last Song
Series · 1981
Private Schulz
Series · 1981
Yanks
Film · 1979
The Mallens
Series · 1979
Shoestring
Series · 1979
Les Misérables
Film · 1978
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
Film · 1978
Thomas Hardy: A Haunted Man
Film · 1978
The Last Romantic
Film · 1978
Wilde Alliance
Series · 1978
Raffles
Series · 1977
Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle
Series · 1977
The Sunday Drama
Series · 1977
Laurence Olivier Presents
Series · 1976
Knots
Film · 1975
The Sweeney
Series · 1975
Then and Now
Series · 1973
Villains
Series · 1972
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Film · 1971
Wives and Daughters
Series · 1971
The Lie
Film · 1970
Shadows of Fear
Series · 1970
Play for Today
Series · 1970
Play for Today
Series · 1970
The Magic Christian
Film · 1969
Department S
Series · 1969
Strange Report
Series · 1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Series · 1969
The Champions
Series · 1968
The Caesars
Series · 1968
The Trygon Factor
Film · 1966
The Idol
Film · 1966
Second Childhood
Film · 1966
Out of the Unknown
Series · 1965
The Wednesday Play
Series · 1964
Story Parade
Series · 1964
For King and Country: Out There
Film · 1963
No Cloak - No Dagger
Series · 1963
The Saint
Series · 1962
City Beneath the Sea
Series · 1962
The Avengers
Series · 1961
Emergency: Ward 10
Series · 1957
Armchair Theatre
Series · 1956