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Caroline Blakiston

Caroline Blakiston

Known For Acting
Birthday Feb 13, 1933 (92)
Birthplace Chelsea, London, England, UK
Popularity 2 (history)
Updated Aug 07, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

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 w ... ell 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.

Known For

Filmography

Mary Anning

Mary Anning

2018

as Molly Anning

For Elsie

For Elsie

2012

as Mama Kilov

Coup!

Coup!

2006

as Margaret Thatcher

Scoop

Scoop

2006

as Mrs. Quincy

The Fourth Protocol

The Fourth Protocol

1987

as Angela Berenson

Return of the Jedi

Return of the Jedi

1983

as Mon Mothma

Life After Death

Life After Death

1982

as Josie

Yanks

Yanks

1979

as Golfing friend

Saturday, Sunday, Monday

Saturday, Sunday, Monday

1978

as Elena

Les Misérables

Les Misérables

1978

as Mme Thénardier

Knots

Knots

1975

as The pianist

Sunday Bloody Sunday

Sunday Bloody Sunday

1971

as Rowing Wife

The Lie

The Lie

1970

as Esther

The Magic Christian

The Magic Christian

1969

as Hon. Esther Grand

The Trygon Factor

The Trygon Factor

1966

as Nun

The Idol

The Idol

1966

as 2nd Woman at Party

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Poldark

as Aunt Agatha

Episodes: 28

First Aired: Mar 08, 2015

Murder Most English

as Mrs. Helen Carobleat

Episodes: 7

First Aired: May 08, 1977

The Caesars

as Agrippina

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Sep 22, 1968

Charters and Caldicott

as Margaret Mottram

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Jan 10, 1985

The Avengers

as Cynthia Wentworth-Howe

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 07, 1961

The Line of Beauty

as Lady Partridge

Episodes: 2

First Aired: May 17, 2006

Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel

as Bess Sedgwick

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 25, 1987

Mulberry

as Adele

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Feb 24, 1992

Miss Marple

as Bess Sedgwick

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Dec 26, 1984

Midsomer Murders

as Angela Hartley

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 23, 1997

Murder Most Horrid

as Dr. Rachel Vine

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 14, 1991

Department S

as Kate Mortimer

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 09, 1969

Heartbeat

as Hildy Dressler

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 10, 1992

Sherlock Holmes

as Dowager Duchess

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 24, 1984

The Sweeney

as Hildegarde

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 02, 1975

The Saint

as Eleanor Bastion

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 04, 1962

Lovejoy

as Miss Hemmingway

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 10, 1986

Shadows of Fear

as Maureen

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 17, 1970

The Champions

as Marion Grant

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 25, 1968

Private Schulz

as Countess

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 06, 1981

Sunburn

as Mrs. Armitage

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 16, 1999

Father Brown

as Lady Lavinia Pryde

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 14, 2013

Laurence Olivier Presents

as Elena

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 05, 1976

Play for Today

as Esther

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 15, 1970

Play for Today

as Josie

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 15, 1970

Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Julia Carstairs

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 08, 1989

Raffles

as Lady Paulton

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 25, 1977

The Wednesday Play

as Matilda Boff

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1964

As Time Goes By

as Margaret

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 12, 1992

Midsomer Murders

as Hilary Compton

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 23, 1997

Midsomer Murders

as Sylvia Lennard

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 23, 1997

Strange Report

as Louise

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1969

Emergency – Ward 10

Episodes: 52

First Aired: Feb 19, 1957

Brass

Episodes: 32

First Aired: Feb 21, 1983

The Mallens

Episodes: 13

First Aired: Jun 10, 1979

The Last Song

Episodes: 13

First Aired: Nov 03, 1981

Rides

Episodes: 12

First Aired: Feb 18, 1992

Mr. Palfrey of Westminster

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Apr 18, 1984

City Beneath the Sea

Episodes: 7

First Aired: Nov 17, 1962

Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Nov 19, 1989

Shoestring

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1979

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2024 8 15 35 5
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2024 12 6 12 2
2025 1 9 17 4
2025 2 5 8 1
2025 3 3 8 1
2025 4 1 1 1
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2025 6 1 1 1
2025 7 0 0 0
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