Caroline Blakiston
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Midsomer Murders
Angela Hartley
1997
Series
Midsomer Murders
Hilary Compton
1997
Series
Midsomer Murders
Sylvia Lennard
1997
Series
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Julia Carstairs
1989
Series
Father Brown
Lady Lavinia Pryde
2013
Series
The Avengers
Cynthia Wentworth-Howe
1961
Series
Play for Today
Esther
1970
Series
Play for Today
Josie
1970
Series
The Saint
Eleanor Bastion
1962
Series
Heartbeat
Hildy Dressler
1992
Series
The Wednesday Play
Matilda Boff
1964
Series
Sherlock Holmes
Dowager Duchess
1984
Series
Poldark
Aunt Agatha
2015
Series
The Sweeney
Hildegarde
1975
Series
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Gribiche
1969
Series
The Champions
Marion Grant
1968
Series
Lovejoy
Miss Hemmingway
1986
Film
Return of the Jedi
Mon Mothma
1983
Series
As Time Goes By
Margaret
1992
Series
Shoestring
Monica
1979
Series
Out of the Unknown
Dr. Odile Keppler
1965
Series
Murder Most Horrid
Dr Rachel Vine
1991
Series
Department S
Kate Mortimer
1969
Film
The Fourth Protocol
Angela Berenson
1987
Story Parade
W.P.C. Anne Cunningham
1964
Series
Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel
Bess Sedgwick
1987
Film
Scoop
Mrs. Quincy
2006
Series
Private Schulz
Countess
1981
Series
Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again
Madame Courdet
1989
Series
Emergency: Ward 10
1957
Series
The Grand
Isobel Crawford
1997
Series
Comic Relief
1988
Series
Brass
Lady Patience Hardacre
1983
Series
Mr. Palfrey of Westminster
Co-Ordinator
1984
Series
The Line of Beauty
Lady Partridge
2006
The Sunday Drama
Deborah
1977
Series
Wilde Alliance
Elena
1978
Series
Villains
Rene
1972
Harry
Natasha Lee
1993
Series
Strange Report
Louise
1969
Series
Raffles
Lady Paulton
1977
Series
Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle
Mrs Helen Carobleat
1977
Film
The Magic Christian
Hon. Esther Grand
1969
Series
The Caesars
Agrippina
1968
Series
Laurence Olivier Presents
Elena
1976
Series
Shadows of Fear
Maureen
1970
Series
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Dowager Duchess
1994
Series
Sunburn
Mrs. Armitage
1999
Series
The Mallens
Anna Brigmore
1979
Series
Mulberry
Adele
1992
Series
Armchair Theatre
Jessa
1956
Series
City Beneath the Sea
1962
Series
Charters and Caldicott
Margaret Mottram
1985
Film
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Rowing Wife
1971
Series
Children of the New Forest
Aunt Judith
1998
Film
Yanks
Golfing friend
1979
Film
Les Misérables
Mme Thénardier
1978
Rides
1992
Film
Coup!
Margaret Thatcher
2006
Film
Second Childhood
Dr. Odile Keppler
1966
Then and Now
Erica
1973
Film
The Idol
2nd Woman at Party
1966
Film
Miss A and Miss M
Adult Lizzie (Narration)
1983
Film
For Elsie
Mama Kilov
2012
No Cloak - No Dagger
Pat Penmore
1963
Film
The Lie
Esther
1970
Series
Wives and Daughters
Lady Harriet
1971
Series
The Last Song
1981
Film
The Trygon Factor
Nun
1966
Film
Thomas Hardy: A Haunted Man
Narrator
1978
For King and Country: Out There
Nurse
1963
Film
Life After Death
Josie
1982
Film
Mary Anning
Molly Anning
2018
Film
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
Elena
1978
The Last Romantic
Emily
1978
Knots
The pianist
1975