Acting · Chelsea, London, England, UK · Born February 13, 1933
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.
MovieMary Anning
2018
as Molly Anning
TVPoldark
2015
as Aunt Agatha
TVFather Brown
2013
as Lady Lavinia Pryde
MovieFor Elsie
2012
as Mama Kilov
MovieThe Mallen Secret
2008
as Anna Bridgmore
MovieScoop
2006
as Mrs. Quincy
MovieCoup!
2006
as Margaret Thatcher
TVThe Line of Beauty
2006
as Lady Partridge
TVSunburn
1999
as Mrs. Armitage
TVChildren of the New Forest
1998
as Aunt Judith
TVThe Grand
1997
as Isobel Crawford
TVMidsomer Murders
1997
as Angela Hartley
TVThe Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
1994
as Dowager Duchess
Harry
1993
as Natasha Lee
TVHeartbeat
1992
as Hildy Dressler
TVMulberry
1992
as Adele
Rides
1992
TVAs Time Goes By
1992
as Margaret
TVMurder Most Horrid
1991
as Dr Rachel Vine
TVJudith Krantz's Till We Meet Again
1989
TVAgatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Julia Carstairs
MovieThe Fourth Protocol
1987
as Angela Berenson
TVMiss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel
1987
as Bess Sedgwick
TVLovejoy
1986
as Miss Hemmingway
TVCharters and Caldicott
1985
as Margaret Mottram
TVSherlock Holmes
1984
as Dowager Duchess
TVMr. Palfrey of Westminster
1984
as Co-Ordinator
MovieMiss A and Miss M
1983
as Adult Lizzie (Narration)
MovieReturn of the Jedi
1983
as Mon Mothma
TVBrass
1983
as Lady Patience Hardacre
MovieLife After Death
1982
as Josie
TVThe Last Song
1981
TVPrivate Schulz
1981
as Countess
MovieThe Mallen Curse
1980
as Anna Brigmore
TVShoestring
1979
as Monica
MovieYanks
1979
as Golfing friend
MovieThe Mallen Streak
1979
MovieThe Mallens
1979
as Anna Brigmore
TVThe Mallens
1979
as Anna Brigmore
MovieLes Misérables
1978
as Mme Thénardier
The Last Romantic
1978
as Emily
MovieThomas Hardy: A Haunted Man
1978
as Narrator
TVWilde Alliance
1978
as Elena
MovieSaturday, Sunday, Monday
1978
as Elena
The Sunday Drama
1977
as Deborah
TVMurder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle
1977
as Mrs Helen Carobleat
TVRaffles
1977
as Lady Paulton
TVLaurence Olivier Presents
1976
as Elena
TVThe Sweeney
1975
as Hildegarde
Knots
1975
as The pianist
Then and Now
1973
as Erica
TVVillains
1972
as Rene
TVWives and Daughters
1971
as Lady Harriet
MovieSunday Bloody Sunday
1971
as Rowing Wife
MovieThe Lie
1970
as Esther
TVPlay for Today
1970
as Esther
TVShadows of Fear
1970
as Maureen
MovieThe Magic Christian
1969
as Hon. Esther Grand
TVStrange Report
1969
as Louise
TVDepartment S
1969
as Kate Mortimer
TVITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Gribiche
TVThe Champions
1968
as Marion Grant
TVThe Caesars
1968
as Agrippina
MovieThe Trygon Factor
1966
as Nun
MovieSecond Childhood
1966
as Dr. Odile Keppler
MovieThe Idol
1966
as 2nd Woman at Party
TVOut of the Unknown
1965
as Dr. Odile Keppler
TVThe Wednesday Play
1964
as Matilda Boff
Story Parade
1964
as W.P.C. Anne Cunningham
No Cloak - No Dagger
1963
as Pat Penmore
For King and Country: Out There
1963
as Nurse
TVCity Beneath the Sea
1962
TVThe Saint
1962
as Eleanor Bastion
TVThe Avengers
1961
as Cynthia Wentworth-Howe
TVEmergency: Ward 10
1957
TVArmchair Theatre
1956
as Jessa
