Cast & creator
Caroline Blakiston
Best known for Midsomer Murders, Midsomer Murders, Midsomer Murders
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.
Also known as: Caroline G. Blakiston
21
film credits
54
television credits
75
1956–2018 · acting roles
6.9
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (75)
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Midsomer Murders
Angela Hartley
1997Midsomer Murders
Hilary Compton
1997Midsomer Murders
Sylvia Lennard
1997
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Julia Carstairs
1989
Private Schulz
Countess
1981
Play for Today
Esther
1970Play for Today
Josie
1970
The Avengers
Cynthia Wentworth-Howe
1961
Father Brown
Lady Lavinia Pryde
2013
The Wednesday Play
Matilda Boff
1964
Heartbeat
Hildy Dressler
1992
The Saint
Eleanor Bastion
1962
Sherlock Holmes
Dowager Duchess
1984
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Gribiche
1969
The Sweeney
Hildegarde
1975
Poldark
Aunt Agatha
2015
The Champions
Marion Grant
1968
Lovejoy
Miss Hemmingway
1986Story Parade
W.P.C. Anne Cunningham
1964
Return of the Jedi
Mon Mothma
1983
Shoestring
Monica
1979
Out of the Unknown
Dr. Odile Keppler
1965
As Time Goes By
Margaret
1992
Murder Most Horrid
Dr Rachel Vine
1991
Department S
Kate Mortimer
1969
The Grand
Isobel Crawford
1997
Villains
Rene
1972The Sunday Drama
Deborah
1977
Emergency: Ward 10
1957
Wilde Alliance
Elena
1978Harry
Natasha Lee
1993
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Dowager Duchess
1994
Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle
Mrs Helen Carobleat
1977
Brass
Lady Patience Hardacre
1983
Mr. Palfrey of Westminster
Co-Ordinator
1984
Sunburn
Mrs. Armitage
1999
Strange Report
Louise
1969
Raffles
Lady Paulton
1977
The Line of Beauty
Lady Partridge
2006
Armchair Theatre
Jessa
1956
Shadows of Fear
Maureen
1970
Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again
1989
The Caesars
Agrippina
1968
Laurence Olivier Presents
Elena
1976
Scoop
Mrs. Quincy
2006
The Mallens
Anna Brigmore
1979
Mulberry
Adele
1992
Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel
Bess Sedgwick
1987
The Fourth Protocol
Angela Berenson
1987
Yanks
Golfing friend
1979
Children of the New Forest
Aunt Judith
1998Rides
1992
The Magic Christian
Hon. Esther Grand
1969
Charters and Caldicott
Margaret Mottram
1985
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Rowing Wife
1971
City Beneath the Sea
1962
Les Misérables
Mme Thénardier
1978
The Last Song
1981
Wives and Daughters
Lady Harriet
1971Then and Now
Erica
1973
Coup!
Margaret Thatcher
2006
Second Childhood
Dr. Odile Keppler
1966
The Trygon Factor
Nun
1966No Cloak - No Dagger
Pat Penmore
1963For King and Country: Out There
Nurse
1963
Miss A and Miss M
Adult Lizzie (Narration)
1983
The Idol
2nd Woman at Party
1966
For Elsie
Mama Kilov
2012
Thomas Hardy: A Haunted Man
Narrator
1978
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
Elena
1978
The Lie
Esther
1970The Last Romantic
Emily
1978
Mary Anning
Molly Anning
2018
Life After Death
Josie
1982Knots
The pianist
1975