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Caroline Blakiston
Chelsea, London, England, UK
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 scienc…
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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.
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2018
Mary Anning
Movie Molly Anning
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2015
Poldark
TV show Aunt Agatha
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2013
Father Brown
TV show Lady Lavinia Pryde
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2012
For Elsie
Movie Mama Kilov
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2006
Scoop
Movie Mrs. Quincy
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2006
Coup!
Movie Margaret Thatcher
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2006
The Line of Beauty
TV show Lady Partridge
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1999
Sunburn
TV show Mrs. Armitage
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1998
Children of the New Forest
TV show Aunt Judith
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1997
The Grand
TV show Isobel Crawford
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1997
Midsomer Murders
TV show Angela Hartley
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1994
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
TV show Dowager Duchess
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1993
Harry
TV show Natasha Lee
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1992
Heartbeat
TV show Hildy Dressler
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1992
Mulberry
TV show Adele
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1992
Rides
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1992
As Time Goes By
TV show Margaret
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1991
Murder Most Horrid
TV show Dr Rachel Vine
- 1989
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1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV show Julia Carstairs
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1987
The Fourth Protocol
Movie Angela Berenson
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1987
Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel
TV show Bess Sedgwick
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1986
Lovejoy
TV show Miss Hemmingway
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1985
Charters and Caldicott
TV show Margaret Mottram
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1984
Sherlock Holmes
TV show Dowager Duchess
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1984
Mr. Palfrey of Westminster
TV show Co-Ordinator
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1983
Miss A and Miss M
Movie Adult Lizzie (Narration)
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1983
Return of the Jedi
Movie Mon Mothma
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1983
Brass
TV show Lady Patience Hardacre
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1982
Life After Death
Movie Josie
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1981
The Last Song
TV show
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1981
Private Schulz
TV show Countess
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1979
Shoestring
TV show Monica
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1979
Yanks
Movie Golfing friend
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1979
The Mallens
TV show Anna Brigmore
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1979
The Mallens
Movie Anna Brigmore
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1978
Les Misérables
Movie Mme Thénardier
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1978
The Last Romantic
Movie Emily
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1978
Thomas Hardy: A Haunted Man
Movie Narrator
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1978
Wilde Alliance
TV show Elena
