Personal Info
Birth date
1933-02-13 (92 Years)
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Chelsea, London, England, UK
Also known as
Caroline G. Blakiston
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.
Filmography
Midsomer Murders
7.5
Overview:
The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty.Agatha Christie's Poirot
8.156
Overview:
From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poirot pits his wits against a collection of first class deceptions.The Avengers
7.734
Overview:
A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners. Jonathan Steed - an urbane, proper gentleman spy - teams with various assistants throughout the series' run, including Dr. David Keel, Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King, to repeatedly save the world from diabolical schemes plotted by equally diabolical evil-doers (among them robots and man-eating monsters).Play for Today
6.333
Overview:
Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted. The individual episodes were between fifty and a hundred minutes in duration.The Saint
7.3
Overview:
Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.Father Brown
7.5
Overview:
Father Brown is based on G. K. Chesterton's detective stories about a Catholic priest who doubles as an amateur detective in order to try and solve mysteries.The Wednesday Play
4.5
Overview:
An anthology series of television plays which aired on BBC1 from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually written for television, although adaptations from other sources also featured.Heartbeat
7
Overview:
Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.Sherlock Holmes
8.1
Overview:
Sherlock Holmes uses his abilities to take on cases by private clients and those that the Scotland Yard are unable to solve, along with his friend Dr. Watson.As Time Goes By
7.6
Overview:
Two lovers are reunited after decades apart following a mutual misunderstanding.The Sweeney
7.739
Overview:
Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue criminals with the help of his partner, George Carter.Poldark
7.8
Overview:
Britain is in the grip of a chilling recession... falling wages, rising prices, civil unrest - only the bankers are smiling. It's 1783 and Ross Poldark returns from the American War of Independence to his beloved Cornwall to find his world in ruins: his father dead, the family mine long since closed, his house wrecked and his sweetheart pledged to marry his cousin. But Ross finds that hope and love can be found when you are least expecting it in the wild but beautiful Cornish landscape.Emergency – Ward 10
5
Overview:
Emergency – Ward 10 is a British television series shown on ITV between 1957 and 1967. Like The Grove Family, a series shown by the BBC between 1954 and 1957, Emergency – Ward 10 is considered to be one of British television's first major soap operas.The Champions
6.1
Overview:
The Champions is a British espionage/science fiction/occult detective fiction adventure series consisting of 30 episodes broadcast on the UK network ITV during 1968–1969, produced by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment production company. The series was broadcast in the US on NBC, starting in summer 1968.Murder Most Horrid
6.6
Overview:
A comedy that started in 1991 as a pilot, Murder Most Horrid stars Dawn French as various characters, as she embarks on a different mystery every episode. In one way or another she is involved with murder - either committing the crime herself or even getting bumped off herself!Lovejoy
7.3
Overview:
The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East Anglia. Within the trade, he has a reputation as a “divvie”, a person with an almost supernatural powers for recognising exceptional items as well as distinguishing genuine antique from clever fakes or forgeries.The Line of Beauty
6.545
Overview:
Crawl deep under the skin of Thatcher's Britain, seen through the eyes and experiences of a young, gay man, from the euphoria of falling in love to the tragedy of AIDS. A story of love, class, sex and money.Return of the Jedi
7.9
Overview:
Luke Skywalker leads a mission to rescue his friend Han Solo from the clutches of Jabba the Hutt, while the Emperor seeks to destroy the Rebellion once and for all with a second dreaded Death Star.Department S
4.9
Overview:
Department S is a United Kingdom spy-fi adventure series produced by ITC Entertainment. The series consists of 28 episodes which originally aired in 1969–1970. It starred Peter Wyngarde as author Jason King, Joel Fabiani as Stewart Sullivan, and Rosemary Nicols as computer expert Annabelle Hurst. The trio were agents for a fictional special department of Interpol. The head of Department S was Sir Curtis Seretse.Mulberry
7.2
Overview:
Mulberry was a fantasy situation comedy airing on BBC One in the early 1990s. The creative team behind the programme included writers John Esmonde and Bob Larbey. Mulberry ran for two series: the first series of six episodes ran from 24 February to 30 March 1992 and the second series of seven episodes ran from 8 April to 25 May 1993. A third series was planned, but was cancelled before production began. As a result, Mulberry never arrived at its logical conclusion.Charters and Caldicott
6
Overview:
Charters and Caldicott is a 1985 BBC mystery series featuring the characters Charters and Caldicott from the film The Lady Vanishes. It featured six 50 minute episodes broadcast on BBC1 at 9.25pm on Thursdays from 10 January to 14 February 1985.Sunburn
4
Overview:
Sunburn is a British television series that followed the lives of a group of British holiday reps. It was broadcast on BBC One between 16 January 1999 and 1 May 2000, running for two series of six and eight episodes respectively. The first was set and filmed in Cyprus and the second in Algarve. The cast included Michelle Collins, Rebecca Callard, Sharon Small, George Layton and Sean Maguire, with Paul Nicholas joining later. The series was created by Mike Bullen, who was interested in the behind-the-scenes lives of holiday reps after watching the docusoap Holiday Reps. Bullen wrote most of the first series but scaled back his involvement in the second; most of that series' episodes were written by Lizzie Mickery and Sally Wainwright.Murder Most English
5.5
Overview:
1970s detective series based on the Flaxborough novels by Colin Watson. Starring Anton Rodgers as Detective Inspector Purbright and Christopher Timothy as Detective Sergeant Love, the series pays tribute to a long-gone England of heavy tweed jackets, dial telephones, typewriter ribbons and good old-fashioned investigation and deduction.Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel
7.3
Overview:
There's a murder at the elegant hotel where Miss Marple is staying and international adventurer Bess Sedgwick is the prime suspect.Private Schulz
5.8
Overview:
Private Schulz is a BBC television comedy drama serial set mostly in Germany, during and immediately after World War II. It stars Michael Elphick in the title role and Ian Richardson playing various parts. Other notable actors included Tony Caunter, Billie Whitelaw, Billy Murray and Mark Wingett. Over six one-hour episodes, it tells the story of a German fraudster and petty criminal who is forced against his will to serve in the SS. In a story based on the real, though unrealised, plot by the Germans known as Operation Bernhard, he tricks the Nazis into making counterfeit British five pound notes, millions of which will be used to destroy the British economy. However, Schulz is primarily interested in stealing them. Other elements of the story based on the history of the period include the Venlo incident, when two British intelligence officers were abducted from the Netherlands at the very start of the war, and Salon Kitty. This was a Berlin brothel which was secretly run by the SD, for the purpose of spying on its wealthy clients, who were often prominent German government officials or military officers. Additionally, many of the main characters are real people.Shadows of Fear
6
Overview:
Anthology series in which characters find themselves in weird and scary situations. Not evoked by the supernatural but by other people.Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again
6
Overview:
Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again was a 1989 TV mini-series based on the Judith Krantz novel, Till We Meet Again. It starred Mia Sara, Bruce Boxleitner, Hugh Grant and Courteney Cox.The Caesars
7.8
Overview:
The Caesars is a British television series produced by Granada Television for the ITV network in 1968. Made in black-and-white and written and produced by Philip Mackie, it covered similar dramatic territory to the later BBC adaptation of I, Claudius, dealing with the lives of the early emperors of Ancient Rome, but differed in its less sensationalist depictions of historical characters and their motives.Acting
2018Mary Anning as Molly Anning
2015Poldark (28 Episodes) as Aunt Agatha
2013Father Brown (1 Episode) as Lady Lavinia Pryde
2012For Elsie as Mama Kilov
2008The Mallen Secret as Anna Bridgmore
2006Scoop as Mrs. Quincy
2006Coup! as Margaret Thatcher
2006The Line of Beauty (2 Episodes) as Lady Partridge
2003The Mallen Streak as Unknown
1999Sunburn (1 Episode) as Mrs. Armitage
1997Midsomer Murders (1, 1, 1 Episode) as Angela Hartley, Hilary Compton, Sylvia Lennard
1992Heartbeat (1 Episode) as Hildy Dressler
1992Mulberry (2 Episodes) as Adele
1992Rides (12 Episodes) as Unknown
1992As Time Goes By (1 Episode) as Margaret
1991Murder Most Horrid (1 Episode) as Dr. Rachel Vine
1989Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1989Agatha Christie's Poirot (1 Episode) as Julia Carstairs
1987The Fourth Protocol as Angela Berenson
1987Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel (2 Episodes) as Bess Sedgwick
1986Lovejoy (1 Episode) as Miss Hemmingway
1985Charters and Caldicott (6 Episodes) as Margaret Mottram
1984Sherlock Holmes (1 Episode) as Dowager Duchess
1984Mr. Palfrey of Westminster (10 Episodes) as Unknown
1983Miss A and Miss M as Adult Lizzie (Narration)
1983Return of the Jedi as Mon Mothma
1983Brass (32 Episodes) as Unknown
1982Life After Death as Josie
1981The Last Song (13 Episodes) as Unknown
1981Private Schulz (1 Episode) as Countess
1980The Mallen Curse as Anna Brigmore
1979Shoestring (1 Episode) as Unknown
1979Yanks as Golfing friend
1979The Mallens as Anna Brigmore
1979The Mallens (13 Episodes) as Unknown
1978Les Misérables as Mme Thénardier
1978Thomas Hardy: A Haunted Man as Narrator
1978Saturday, Sunday, Monday as Elena
1977Murder Most English (7 Episodes) as Mrs. Helen Carobleat
1977Raffles (1 Episode) as Lady Paulton
1976Laurence Olivier Presents (1 Episode) as Elena
1975The Sweeney (1 Episode) as Hildegarde
1975Knots as The pianist
1971Sunday Bloody Sunday as Rowing Wife
1970The Lie as Esther
1970Play for Today (1, 1 Episode) as Esther, Josie
1970Shadows of Fear (1 Episode) as Maureen
1969The Magic Christian as Hon. Esther Grand
1969Strange Report (1 Episode) as Louise
1969Department S (1 Episode) as Kate Mortimer
1968The Champions (1 Episode) as Marion Grant
1968The Caesars (6 Episodes) as Agrippina
1966The Trygon Factor as Nun
1966The Idol as 2nd Woman at Party
1964The Wednesday Play (1 Episode) as Matilda Boff
1962City Beneath the Sea (7 Episodes) as Unknown
1962The Saint (1 Episode) as Eleanor Bastion
1961The Avengers (2 Episodes) as Cynthia Wentworth-Howe
1957Emergency – Ward 10 (52 Episodes) as Unknown