Caroline Blakiston

Born: 1933-02-13

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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as Mon Mothma
Released: 1983-05-25

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Scoop

as Mrs. Quincy
Released: 2006-07-27

An American journalism student in London scoops a big story, and begins an affair with an...

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The Fourth Protocol

as Angela Berenson
Released: 1987-03-20

Led by Kim Philby, Plan Aurora is a plan that breaches the top-secret Fourth Protocol and turns...

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The Magic Christian

as Hon. Esther Grand
Released: 1969-12-12

Sir Guy Grand, the richest man in the world, adopts a homeless man, Youngman. Together, they set...

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Sunday Bloody Sunday

as Rowing Wife
Released: 1971-07-01

Recently divorced career woman Alex Greville begins a romantic relationship with glamorous mod...

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Les Misérables

as Mme Thénardier
Released: 1978-12-27

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a...

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Yanks

as Golfing friend
Released: 1979-09-01

During WWII, the United States set up army bases in Great Britain as part of the war effort....

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The Idol

as 2nd Woman at Party
Released: 1966-02-01

A rebellious student embarks on an affair with the mother of his best friend, leading to...

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The Lie

as Esther
Released: 1970-10-29

Ingmar Bergman play looking at the cool and brittle relationship between a successful architect...

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The Trygon Factor

as Nun
Released: 1966-12-16

A Scotland Yard detective is investigating a string of robberies and a murder, and the...

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For Elsie

as Mama Kilov
Released: 2012-04-26

Glenn is a disillusioned piano teacher, who once aspired to be a concert pianist. He is moving...

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The Mallen Curse

as Anna Brigmore
Released: 1980-06-18

The fourth and final instalment of the Mallen family saga. Barbara, rejected by Michael, enters...

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Life After Death

as Josie
Released: 1982-02-02

"We were so close, we loved each other, we made a whole together. I feel cut in half." Meg...

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The Mallen Streak

as uncredited
Released: 2003-04-14

The first part of the Mallen family saga. Thomas Mallen, the Squire of High Banks Hall, fathers...

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Saturday, Sunday, Monday

as Elena
Released: 1978-01-01

One Saturday evening Rosa Priore is preparing a magnificent Sunday lunch for her family and...

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Thomas Hardy: A Haunted Man

as Narrator
Released: 1978-03-05

Drama documentary from 1978 exploring the private feelings of novelist Thomas Hardy through the...

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Miss A and Miss M

as Adult Lizzie (Narration)
Released: 1983-09-11

Young Lizzie Cole and her newly widowed mother go to stay in the country at a small guesthouse...

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Mary Anning

as Molly Anning
Released: 2018-11-16

A woman hunts for fossils and makes a big discovery. But she doesn't get credit again.

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The Mallen Secret

as Anna Bridgmore
Released: 2008-12-05

Movie version of The Mallen Secret. Edited together from the episodes of The Mallens.

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The Mallens

as Anna Brigmore
Released: 1979-06-10

Adaptation of the Mallen series of novels by Catherine Cookson.

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Midsomer Murders

as Angela Hartley
First aired: 1997-03-23

The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed...

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Midsomer Murders

as Hilary Compton
First aired: 1997-03-23

The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed...

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Midsomer Murders

as Sylvia Lennard
First aired: 1997-03-23

The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed...

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Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Julia Carstairs
First aired: 1989-01-08

From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet...

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The Avengers

as Cynthia Wentworth-Howe
First aired: 1961-01-07

The Avengers is a British television series created in the 1960s. It initially focused on Dr....

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Heartbeat

as Hildy Dressler
First aired: 1992-04-10

Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly...

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The Saint

as Eleanor Bastion
First aired: 1962-10-04

Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who...

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Father Brown

as Lady Lavinia Pryde
First aired: 2013-01-14

Father Brown is based on G. K. Chesterton's detective stories about a Catholic priest who...

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Sherlock Holmes

as Dowager Duchess
First aired: 1984-04-24

Sherlock Holmes uses his abilities to take on cases by private clients and those that the...

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The Champions

as Marion Grant
First aired: 1968-09-25

The Champions is a British espionage/science fiction/occult detective fiction adventure series...

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Play for Today

as Esther
First aired: 1970-10-15

Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and...

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Play for Today

as Josie
First aired: 1970-10-15

Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and...

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Poldark

as Aunt Agatha
First aired: 2015-03-08

Britain is in the grip of a chilling recession... falling wages, rising prices, civil unrest -...

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The Sweeney

as Hildegarde
First aired: 1975-01-02

Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue...

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As Time Goes By

as Margaret
First aired: 1992-01-12

Two lovers are reunited after decades apart following a mutual misunderstanding.

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The Wednesday Play

as Matilda Boff
First aired: 1964-09-30

The Wednesday Play is an anthology series of British television plays which ran on BBC1 from...

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Lovejoy

as Miss Hemmingway
First aired: 1986-01-10

The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East...

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Murder Most Horrid

as Dr. Rachel Vine
First aired: 1991-11-14

A comedy that started in 1991 as a pilot, Murder Most Horrid stars Dawn French as various...

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Department S

as Kate Mortimer
First aired: 1969-09-09

Department S is a United Kingdom spy-fi adventure series produced by ITC Entertainment. The...

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Shoestring

as uncredited
First aired: 1979-09-30

Shoestring was a BBC television show set in Bristol. It featured a private detective with his...

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Miss Marple

as Bess Sedgwick
First aired: 1984-12-26

Miss Marple, the spinster detective who is one of the most famous characters created by English...

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The Line of Beauty

as Lady Partridge
First aired: 2006-05-17

Crawl deep under the skin of Thatcher's Britain, seen through the eyes and experiences of a...

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Raffles

as Lady Paulton
First aired: 1977-02-25

Raffles was a 1977 television adaptation of the A. J. Raffles stories by Ernest William Hornung....

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Shadows of Fear

as Maureen
First aired: 1970-06-17

Anthology series in which characters find themselves in weird and scary situations. Not evoked...

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Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again

as uncredited
First aired: 1989-11-19

Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again was a 1989 TV mini-series based on the Judith Krantz novel,...

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Brass

as uncredited
First aired: 1983-02-21

Brass is a British comedy-drama series made by Granada Television for ITV and eventually Channel...

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The Caesars

as Agrippina
First aired: 1968-09-22

The Caesars is a British television series produced by Granada Television for the ITV network in...

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Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel

as Bess Sedgwick
First aired: 1987-01-25

There's a murder at the elegant hotel where Miss Marple is staying and international adventurer...

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Laurence Olivier Presents

as Elena
First aired: 1976-12-05

Laurence Olivier Presents is a British television series made by Granada Television which ran...

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Sunburn

as Mrs. Armitage
First aired: 1999-01-16

Sunburn is a British television series that followed the lives of a group of British holiday...

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Murder Most English

as Mrs. Helen Carobleat
First aired: 1977-05-08

1970s detective series based on the Flaxborough novels by Colin Watson. Starring Anton Rodgers...

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Mulberry

as Adele
First aired: 1992-02-24

Mulberry was a fantasy situation comedy airing on BBC One in the early 1990s. The creative team...

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Private Schulz

as Countess
First aired: 1981-05-06

Private Schulz is a BBC television comedy drama serial set mostly in Germany, during and...

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Charters and Caldicott

as Margaret Mottram
First aired: 1985-01-10

Charters and Caldicott is a 1985 BBC mystery series featuring the characters Charters and...

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The Last Song

as uncredited
First aired: 1981-11-03

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Mr. Palfrey of Westminster

as uncredited
First aired: 1984-04-18

Mr Palfrey of Westminster was a British television drama produced by Thames Television, which...

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City Beneath the Sea

as uncredited
First aired: 1962-11-17

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