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Katharine Blake
Johannesburg, South Africa
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 fil…
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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.
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1981
Blunt Instrument
Movie Dorothy Logan
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1974
Within These Walls
TV show Helen Forrester
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1973
Beyond Our Means
Movie Sylvia Forsyth
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1972
Crown Court
TV show Irene Rutland
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1972
No Exit
TV show Claire Dufort
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1971
Suspicion
TV show Stella Belman
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1971
Hell's Angel
Movie Cynthia McKenna
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1970
Wednesday's Child
Movie
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1970
Play for Today
TV show Cynthia McKenna
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1969
Anne of the Thousand Days
Movie Elizabeth Boleyn
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1969
Male of the Species
TV show Miss Saville
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1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
TV show Miss Saville
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1969
Male of the Species
Movie Miss Saville
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1967
ITV Playhouse
TV show Peggy
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1967
What's Wrong with Humpty Dumpty?
Movie Hilary
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1965
Public Eye
TV show Mrs. Nourse
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1964
The Wednesday Play
TV show Donna Anna
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1964
Theatre 625
TV show Joanna Afton
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1963
Festival
TV show Nadia
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1963
To Have and to Hold
Movie Claudia
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1963
Crane
TV show Sonia Dajos
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1961
Sir Francis Drake
TV show The Dark Lady
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1961
The Man Out There
Movie Marie
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1958
Now That April's Here
Movie Hilda Adams
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1956
Armchair Theatre
TV show Hilary
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1955
Folio
TV show Lady Macbeth
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1952
Hammer the Toff
Movie Janet Lord
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1952
Saturday Island
Movie Nurse
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1952
Hunted
Movie Waitress
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1951
The Dark Light
Movie Linda
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1951
Assassin for Hire
Movie Maria Riccardi
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1949
Trottie True
Movie Ruby Rubarto
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1948
Wuthering Heights
Movie Catherine Earnshaw
