Caroline Blakiston
Actor
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.
Filmography
Scoop
as Mrs. Quincy 2006
The Fourth Protocol
as Angela Berenson 1987
Sunday Bloody Sunday
as Rowing Wife 1971
Yanks
as Golfing friend 1979
The Magic Christian
as Hon. Esther Grand 1969
Les Misérables
as Mme Thénardier 1978
The Trygon Factor
as Nun 1966
The Idol
as 2nd Woman at Party 1966
Knots
as The pianist 1975
The Lie
as Esther 1970
Thomas Hardy: A Haunted Man
as Narrator 1978
Miss A and Miss M
as Adult Lizzie (Narration) 1983
Coup!
as Margaret Thatcher 2006
Mary Anning
as Molly Anning 2018
The Mallen Secret
as Anna Bridgmore 2008
The Mallen Curse
as Anna Brigmore 1980