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.
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- 2018 · Mary Anning as Molly Anning
- 2015 · Poldark as Aunt Agatha
- 2013 · Father Brown as Lady Lavinia Pryde
- 2012 · For Elsie as Mama Kilov
- 2008 · The Mallen Secret as Anna Bridgmore
- 2006 · Scoop as Mrs. Quincy
- 2006 · Coup! as Margaret Thatcher
- 2006 · The Line of Beauty as Lady Partridge
- 2003 · The Mallen Streak as
- 1999 · Sunburn as Mrs. Armitage
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Angela Hartley
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Hilary Compton
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Sylvia Lennard
- 1992 · Heartbeat as Hildy Dressler
- 1992 · Mulberry as Adele
- 1992 · Rides as
- 1992 · As Time Goes By as Margaret
- 1991 · Murder Most Horrid as Dr. Rachel Vine
- 1989 · Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again as
- 1989 · Agatha Christie's Poirot as Julia Carstairs
- 1987 · The Fourth Protocol as Angela Berenson
- 1987 · Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel as Bess Sedgwick
- 1986 · Lovejoy as Miss Hemmingway
- 1985 · Charters and Caldicott as Margaret Mottram
- 1984 · Miss Marple as Bess Sedgwick
- 1984 · Sherlock Holmes as Dowager Duchess
- 1984 · Mr. Palfrey of Westminster as
- 1983 · Miss A and Miss M as Adult Lizzie (Narration)
- 1983 · Return of the Jedi as Mon Mothma
- 1983 · Brass as
- 1982 · Life After Death as Josie
- 1981 · The Last Song as
- 1981 · Private Schulz as Countess
- 1980 · The Mallen Curse as Anna Brigmore
- 1979 · Shoestring as
- 1979 · Yanks as Golfing friend
- 1979 · The Mallens as Anna Brigmore
- 1978 · Les Misérables as Mme Thénardier
- 1978 · Thomas Hardy: A Haunted Man as Narrator
- 1978 · Saturday, Sunday, Monday as Elena
- 1977 · Murder Most English as Mrs. Helen Carobleat
- 1977 · Raffles as Lady Paulton
- 1976 · Laurence Olivier Presents as Elena
- 1975 · The Sweeney as Hildegarde
- 1975 · Knots as The pianist
- 1971 · Sunday Bloody Sunday as Rowing Wife
- 1970 · The Lie as Esther
- 1970 · Play for Today as Esther
- 1970 · Play for Today as Josie
- 1970 · Shadows of Fear as Maureen
- 1969 · The Magic Christian as Hon. Esther Grand
- 1969 · Department S as Kate Mortimer
- 1968 · The Champions as Marion Grant
- 1968 · The Caesars as Agrippina
- 1966 · The Trygon Factor as Nun
- 1966 · The Idol as 2nd Woman at Party
- 1964 · The Wednesday Play as Matilda Boff
- 1962 · City Beneath the Sea as
- 1962 · The Saint as Eleanor Bastion
- 1961 · The Avengers as Cynthia Wentworth-Howe
- 1957 · Emergency – Ward 10 as
- Future · The Mallens as