Acting credits
61
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Caroline Blakiston
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
3.5
Moderate attention
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Movies: 21Series: 40
TMDB ID: 37442
IMDb ID: nm0086860
Known for: Acting
Born: February 13, 1933
Age: 93
Place of birth: Chelsea, London, England, UK
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1957 - 2018
Years active: 62
Average TMDB rating: 7.11
Wikidata: Q5044984
Also known as
Caroline G. 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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Caroline Blakiston.
Mary Anning
as Molly Anning
2018 Movie
For Elsie
as Mama Kilov
2012 Movie
The Mallen Secret
as Anna Bridgmore
2008 Movie
6.6
Scoop
as Mrs. Quincy
2006 Movie
Coup!
as Margaret Thatcher
2006 Movie
The Mallen Streak
2003 Movie
6.3
The Fourth Protocol
as Angela Berenson
1987 Movie
Miss A and Miss M
as Adult Lizzie (Narration)
1983 Movie
7.9
Return of the Jedi
as Mon Mothma
1983 Movie
Life After Death
as Josie
1982 Movie
The Mallen Curse
as Anna Brigmore
1980 Movie
5.8
Yanks
as Golfing friend
1979 Movie
The Mallens
as Anna Brigmore
1979 Movie
7.1
Les Misérables
as Mme Thénardier
1978 Movie
10.0
Thomas Hardy: A Haunted Man
as Narrator
1978 Movie
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
as Elena
1978 Movie
6.6
Sunday Bloody Sunday
as Rowing Wife
1971 Movie
6.0
The Lie
as Esther
1970 Movie
5.6
The Magic Christian
as Hon. Esther Grand
1969 Movie
6.5
The Trygon Factor
as Nun
1966 Movie
4.4
The Idol
as 2nd Woman at Party
1966 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Caroline Blakiston.
7.8
Poldark
as Aunt Agatha • 28 eps
2015 Series
7.6
Father Brown
as Lady Lavinia Pryde • 1 eps
2013 Series
6.5
The Line of Beauty
as Lady Partridge • 2 eps
2006 Series
3.5
Sunburn
as Mrs. Armitage • 1 eps
1999 Series
Children of the New Forest
as Aunt Judith • 6 eps
1998 Series
7.5
Midsomer Murders
as Angela Hartley • 1 eps
1997 Series
8.3
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
as Dowager Duchess • 1 eps
1994 Series
7.1
Heartbeat
as Hildy Dressler • 1 eps
1992 Series
7.2
Mulberry
as Adele • 2 eps
1992 Series
7.5
As Time Goes By
as Margaret • 1 eps
1992 Series
6.8
Murder Most Horrid
as Dr. Rachel Vine • 1 eps
1991 Series
6.0
Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again
2 eps
1989 Series
8.2
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Julia Carstairs • 1 eps
1989 Series
7.4
Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel
as Bess Sedgwick • 2 eps
1987 Series
7.3
Lovejoy
as Miss Hemmingway • 1 eps
1986 Series
6.0
Charters and Caldicott
as Margaret Mottram • 6 eps
1985 Series
8.1
Sherlock Holmes
as Dowager Duchess • 1 eps
1984 Series
5.0
Mr. Palfrey of Westminster
as Co-Ordinator • 10 eps
1984 Series
5.8
Brass
as Lady Patience Hardacre • 32 eps
1983 Series
The Last Song
13 eps
1981 Series
4.8
Private Schulz
as Countess • 1 eps
1981 Series
6.8
Shoestring
as Monica • 1 eps
1979 Series
5.0
The Mallens
as Anna Brigmore • 13 eps
1979 Series
5.5
Wilde Alliance
as Elena • 1 eps
1978 Series