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.
Acted in
Mary Anning
2018
as Molly Anning
Poldark
2015
as Aunt Agatha
Father Brown
2013
as Lady Lavinia Pryde
For Elsie
2012
as Mama Kilov
The Mallen Secret
2008
as Anna Bridgmore
Scoop
2006
as Mrs. Quincy
Coup!
2006
as Margaret Thatcher
The Line of Beauty
2006
as Lady Partridge
The Mallen Streak
2003
Sunburn
1999
as Mrs. Armitage
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Angela Hartley
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Hilary Compton
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Sylvia Lennard
Heartbeat
1992
as Hildy Dressler
Mulberry
1992
as Adele
Rides
1992
As Time Goes By
1992
as Margaret
Murder Most Horrid
1991
as Dr. Rachel Vine
Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again
1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Julia Carstairs
The Fourth Protocol
1987
as Angela Berenson
Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel
1987
as Bess Sedgwick
Lovejoy
1986
as Miss Hemmingway
Charters and Caldicott
1985
as Margaret Mottram
Miss Marple
1984
as Bess Sedgwick
Sherlock Holmes
1984
as Dowager Duchess
Mr. Palfrey of Westminster
1984
Miss A and Miss M
1983
as Adult Lizzie (Narration)
Return of the Jedi
1983
as Mon Mothma
Brass
1983
Life After Death
1982
as Josie
The Last Song
1981
Private Schulz
1981
as Countess
The Mallen Curse
1980
as Anna Brigmore
Shoestring
1979
Yanks
1979
as Golfing friend
The Mallens
1979
as Anna Brigmore
The Mallens
1979
Les Misérables
1978
as Mme Thénardier
Thomas Hardy: A Haunted Man
1978
as Narrator
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
1978
as Elena
Murder Most English
1977
as Mrs. Helen Carobleat
Raffles
1977
as Lady Paulton
Laurence Olivier Presents
1976
as Elena
The Sweeney
1975
as Hildegarde
Knots
1975
as The pianist
Sunday Bloody Sunday
1971
as Rowing Wife
The Lie
1970
as Esther
Play for Today
1970
as Esther
Play for Today
1970
as Josie
Shadows of Fear
1970
as Maureen
The Magic Christian
1969
as Hon. Esther Grand
Strange Report
1969
as Louise
Department S
1969
as Kate Mortimer
The Champions
1968
as Marion Grant
The Caesars
1968
as Agrippina
The Trygon Factor
1966
as Nun
The Idol
1966
as 2nd Woman at Party
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Matilda Boff
City Beneath the Sea
1962
The Saint
1962
as Eleanor Bastion
The Avengers
1961
as Cynthia Wentworth-Howe
Emergency – Ward 10
1957