Cast & creator
Katharine Blake
Best known for Play for Today, The Wednesday Play, The Wednesday Play
Katharine Blake (born Illonne Katharine Inglestone, September 11, 1921 – March 1, 1991) was a British actress, born in South Africa, with an extensive career in television and films. She won the BAFTA for Best Actress for her work in television in 1964. She portrayed Elizabeth Boleyn in the film Anne of the Thousand Days (1969). In 1969/1970, she played the character Chris Nourse in first an episode of Public Eye and then in Armchair Theatre's Wednesday's Child; one of the first lesbian love affairs to be seen on UK television. She replaced Googie Withers as the Prison Governor in the ITV series Within These Walls in 1977, but only appeared in one season, leaving the role due to ill health. Her first husband was actor Anthony Jacobs (1942-1948,1 child), her second husband was actor/director David Greene (1948-1959,1 child), and her third husband was director Charles Jarrott (1959-1982). She was estranged from her 2 daughters at the time of her death.
Also known as: Illonne Katharine Inglestone
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film credits
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television credits
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1948–1981 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (38)
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Play for Today
Cynthia McKenna
1970
The Wednesday Play
Donna Anna
1964The Wednesday Play
Writer
1964
Crown Court
Irene Rutland
1972
ITV Playhouse
Peggy
1967
Theatre 625
Joanna Afton
1964
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Miss Saville
1969
Public Eye
Mrs. Nourse
1965
Sir Francis Drake
The Dark Lady
1961Festival
Nadia
1963
Folio
Lady Macbeth
1955
Within These Walls
Helen Forrester
1974Crane
Sonia Dajos
1963
Armchair Theatre
Hilary
1956Armchair Theatre
Anne
1956Armchair Theatre
Rachel
1956Armchair Theatre
Chris Nourse
1956Armchair Theatre
Sylvia Forsyth
1956No Exit
Claire Dufort
1972Suspicion
Stella Belman
1971
Anne of the Thousand Days
Elizabeth Boleyn
1969
Male of the Species
Miss Saville
1969
Saturday Island
Nurse
1952
Hunted
Waitress
1952
Male of the Species
Miss Saville
1969
Now That April's Here
Hilda Adams
1958
To Have and to Hold
Claudia
1963
The Man Out There
Marie
1961
Trottie True
Ruby Rubarto
1949
Assassin for Hire
Maria Riccardi
1951What's Wrong with Humpty Dumpty?
Hilary
1967
Wednesday's Child
1970
Hell's Angel
Cynthia McKenna
1971The Dark Light
Linda
1951
Beyond Our Means
Sylvia Forsyth
1973
Wuthering Heights
Catherine Earnshaw
1948
Hammer the Toff
Janet Lord
1952Blunt Instrument
Dorothy Logan
1981