Caroline Blakiston

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

70

Gender

Female

Birthday

1933-02-13 (92 years old)

Place of Birth

Chelsea, London, England, UK

Caroline Blakiston

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 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.

Known For

  • Midsomer Murders

    Midsomer Murders

  • Midsomer Murders

    Midsomer Murders

  • Midsomer Murders

    Midsomer Murders

  • Agatha Christie's Poirot

    Agatha Christie's Poirot

  • Father Brown

    Father Brown

  • Heartbeat

    Heartbeat

  • Poldark

    Poldark

  • The Saint

    The Saint

  • The Avengers

    The Avengers

  • Sherlock Holmes

    Sherlock Holmes

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • The Sweeney

    The Sweeney

  • Knots

    Knots

  • Return of the Jedi

    Return of the Jedi

  • Scoop

    Scoop

  • The Wednesday Play

    The Wednesday Play

  • The Mallens

    The Mallens

  • Coup!

    Coup!

  • The Champions

    The Champions

  • For Elsie

    For Elsie

  • Sunday Bloody Sunday

    Sunday Bloody Sunday

  • Lovejoy

    Lovejoy

  • As Time Goes By

    As Time Goes By

  • The Line of Beauty

    The Line of Beauty

  • The Lie

    The Lie

  • Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel

    Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel

  • Shoestring

    Shoestring

  • The Magic Christian

    The Magic Christian

  • Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle

    Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle

  • Yanks

    Yanks

  • Murder Most Horrid

    Murder Most Horrid

  • The Mallen Streak

    The Mallen Streak

  • Shadows of Fear

    Shadows of Fear

  • Department S

    Department S

  • Out of the Unknown

    Out of the Unknown

  • Emergency: Ward 10

    Emergency: Ward 10

  • Mr. Palfrey of Westminster

    Mr. Palfrey of Westminster

  • Laurence Olivier Presents

    Laurence Olivier Presents

  • Raffles

    Raffles

  • Mary Anning

    Mary Anning

  • Story Parade

    Story Parade

  • Harry

    Harry

  • The Fourth Protocol

    The Fourth Protocol

  • Wilde Alliance

    Wilde Alliance

  • Brass

    Brass

  • Sunburn

    Sunburn

  • Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again

    Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again

  • Strange Report

    Strange Report

  • Mulberry

    Mulberry

  • Les Misérables

    Les Misérables

  • City Beneath the Sea

    City Beneath the Sea

  • The Mallens

    The Mallens

  • The Mallen Curse

    The Mallen Curse

  • Private Schulz

    Private Schulz

  • The Caesars

    The Caesars

  • Saturday, Sunday, Monday

    Saturday, Sunday, Monday

  • Children of the New Forest

    Children of the New Forest

  • Charters and Caldicott

    Charters and Caldicott

  • The Last Song

    The Last Song

  • Rides

    Rides

  • The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

    The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

  • Thomas Hardy: A Haunted Man

    Thomas Hardy: A Haunted Man

  • The Trygon Factor

    The Trygon Factor

  • The Idol

    The Idol

  • For King and Country: Out There

    For King and Country: Out There

  • Miss A and Miss M

    Miss A and Miss M

  • The Mallen Secret

    The Mallen Secret

  • The Last Romantic

    The Last Romantic

  • Life After Death

    Life After Death