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.
Luke Skywalker leads a mission to rescue his friend Han Solo from the clutches of Jabba the...
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Scoop
as Mrs. QuincyAn American journalism student in London scoops a big story, and begins an affair with an...
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Sunday Bloody Sunday
as Rowing WifeRecently divorced career woman Alex Greville begins a romantic relationship with glamorous mod...
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The Fourth Protocol
as Angela BerensonLed by Kim Philby, Plan Aurora is a plan that breaches the top-secret Fourth Protocol and turns...
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Les Misérables
as Mme ThénardierIn 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a...
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Yanks
as Golfing friendDuring WWII, the United States set up army bases in Great Britain as part of the war effort....
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The Magic Christian
as Hon. Esther GrandSir Guy Grand, the richest man in the world, adopts a homeless man, Youngman. Together, they set...
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The Lie
as EstherIngmar Bergman play looking at the cool and brittle relationship between a successful architect...
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The Idol
as 2nd Woman at PartyA rebellious student embarks on an affair with the mother of his best friend, leading to...
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The Trygon Factor
as NunA Scotland Yard detective is investigating a string of robberies and a murder, and the...
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For Elsie
as Mama KilovGlenn is a disillusioned piano teacher, who once aspired to be a concert pianist. He is moving...
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The Mallen Streak
as uncreditedThe first part of the Mallen family saga. Thomas Mallen, the Squire of High Banks Hall, fathers...
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Miss A and Miss M
as Adult Lizzie (Narration)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 AnningA woman hunts for fossils and makes a big discovery. But she doesn't get credit again.
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Life After Death
as Josie"We were so close, we loved each other, we made a whole together. I feel cut in half." Meg...
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Saturday, Sunday, Monday
as ElenaOne Saturday evening Rosa Priore is preparing a magnificent Sunday lunch for her family and...
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Thomas Hardy: A Haunted Man
as NarratorDrama documentary from 1978 exploring the private feelings of novelist Thomas Hardy through the...
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The Mallen Curse
as Anna BrigmoreThe fourth and final instalment of the Mallen family saga. Barbara, rejected by Michael, enters...
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The Mallen Secret
as Anna BridgmoreMovie version of The Mallen Secret. Edited together from the episodes of The Mallens.
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The Mallens
as Anna BrigmoreAdaptation of the Mallen series of novels by Catherine Cookson.
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Midsomer Murders
as Angela HartleyThe peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed...
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Midsomer Murders
as Hilary ComptonThe peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed...
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Midsomer Murders
as Sylvia LennardThe peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed...
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Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Julia CarstairsFrom England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet...
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The Avengers
as Cynthia Wentworth-HoweThe Avengers is a British television series created in the 1960s. It initially focused on Dr....
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Father Brown
as Lady Lavinia PrydeFather Brown is based on G. K. Chesterton's detective stories about a Catholic priest who...
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The Saint
as Eleanor BastionSimon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who...
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The Champions
as Marion GrantThe Champions is a British espionage/science fiction/occult detective fiction adventure series...
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Sherlock Holmes
as Dowager DuchessSherlock Holmes uses his abilities to take on cases by private clients and those that the...
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Heartbeat
as Hildy DresslerSet during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly...
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Play for Today
as EstherPlay for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and...
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Play for Today
as JosiePlay for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and...
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The Sweeney
as HildegardeJack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue...
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The Wednesday Play
as Matilda BoffThe Wednesday Play is an anthology series of British television plays which ran on BBC1 from...
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Poldark
as Aunt AgathaBritain is in the grip of a chilling recession... falling wages, rising prices, civil unrest -...
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Lovejoy
as Miss HemmingwayThe adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East...
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Department S
as Kate MortimerDepartment S is a United Kingdom spy-fi adventure series produced by ITC Entertainment. The...
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As Time Goes By
as MargaretTwo lovers are reunited after decades apart following a mutual misunderstanding.
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Shoestring
as uncreditedShoestring was a BBC television show set in Bristol. It featured a private detective with his...
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Miss Marple
as Bess SedgwickMiss Marple, the spinster detective who is one of the most famous characters created by English...
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Murder Most Horrid
as Dr. Rachel VineA comedy that started in 1991 as a pilot, Murder Most Horrid stars Dawn French as various...
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The Line of Beauty
as Lady PartridgeCrawl deep under the skin of Thatcher's Britain, seen through the eyes and experiences of a...
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Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel
as Bess SedgwickThere's a murder at the elegant hotel where Miss Marple is staying and international adventurer...
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Sunburn
as Mrs. ArmitageSunburn is a British television series that followed the lives of a group of British holiday...
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Raffles
as Lady PaultonRaffles was a 1977 television adaptation of the A. J. Raffles stories by Ernest William Hornung....
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Laurence Olivier Presents
as ElenaLaurence Olivier Presents is a British television series made by Granada Television which ran...
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The Caesars
as AgrippinaThe Caesars is a British television series produced by Granada Television for the ITV network in...
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Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again
as uncreditedJudith Krantz's Till We Meet Again was a 1989 TV mini-series based on the Judith Krantz novel,...
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Murder Most English
as Mrs. Helen Carobleat1970s detective series based on the Flaxborough novels by Colin Watson. Starring Anton Rodgers...
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Shadows of Fear
as MaureenAnthology series in which characters find themselves in weird and scary situations. Not evoked...
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Private Schulz
as CountessPrivate Schulz is a BBC television comedy drama serial set mostly in Germany, during and...
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Charters and Caldicott
as Margaret MottramCharters and Caldicott is a 1985 BBC mystery series featuring the characters Charters and...
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Brass
as uncreditedBrass is a British comedy-drama series made by Granada Television for ITV and eventually Channel...
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Mulberry
as AdeleMulberry was a fantasy situation comedy airing on BBC One in the early 1990s. The creative team...
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Mr. Palfrey of Westminster
as uncreditedMr Palfrey of Westminster was a British television drama produced by Thames Television, which...
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