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

  • The Wednesday Play

    The Wednesday Play

  • Scoop

    Scoop

  • The Lie

    The Lie

  • The Champions

    The Champions

  • Coup!

    Coup!

  • Lovejoy

    Lovejoy

  • As Time Goes By

    As Time Goes By

  • The Mallens

    The Mallens

  • For Elsie

    For Elsie

  • The Line of Beauty

    The Line of Beauty

  • Sunday Bloody Sunday

    Sunday Bloody Sunday

  • 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

  • Murder Most Horrid

    Murder Most Horrid

  • Shadows of Fear

    Shadows of Fear

  • Yanks

    Yanks

  • Department S

    Department S

  • Out of the Unknown

    Out of the Unknown

  • Emergency: Ward 10

    Emergency: Ward 10

  • Mary Anning

    Mary Anning

  • The Mallen Streak

    The Mallen Streak

  • Mr. Palfrey of Westminster

    Mr. Palfrey of Westminster

  • Laurence Olivier Presents

    Laurence Olivier Presents

  • Raffles

    Raffles

  • Story Parade

    Story Parade

  • The Fourth Protocol

    The Fourth Protocol

  • Harry

    Harry

  • Saturday, Sunday, Monday

    Saturday, Sunday, Monday

  • Les Misérables

    Les Misérables

  • Wilde Alliance

    Wilde Alliance

  • Brass

    Brass

  • The Mallen Curse

    The Mallen Curse

  • Sunburn

    Sunburn

  • Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again

    Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again

  • Strange Report

    Strange Report

  • Mulberry

    Mulberry

  • City Beneath the Sea

    City Beneath the Sea

  • The Mallens

    The Mallens

  • Private Schulz

    Private Schulz

  • The Caesars

    The Caesars

  • 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

  • For King and Country: Out There

    For King and Country: Out There

  • The Idol

    The Idol

  • The Last Romantic

    The Last Romantic

  • The Mallen Secret

    The Mallen Secret

  • Life After Death

    Life After Death

  • Miss A and Miss M

    Miss A and Miss M