Caroline Blakiston
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.
Acting
Movie
Return of the Jedi
as Mon Mothma
1983
Movie
Scoop
as Mrs. Quincy
2006
TV
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Julia Carstairs
1989
TV
Midsomer Murders
as Angela Hartley
1997
TV
Midsomer Murders
as Hilary Compton
1997
TV
Midsomer Murders
as Sylvia Lennard
1997
TV
Poldark
as Aunt Agatha
2015
TV
Sherlock Holmes
as Dowager Duchess
1984
Movie
The Fourth Protocol
as Angela Berenson
1987
TV
The Avengers
as Cynthia Wentworth-Howe
1961
Movie
Sunday Bloody Sunday
as Rowing Wife
1971
TV
Father Brown
as Lady Lavinia Pryde
2013
TV
The Saint
as Eleanor Bastion
1962
Movie
Yanks
as Golfing friend
1979
TV
Lovejoy
as Miss Hemmingway
1986
Movie
The Magic Christian
as Hon. Esther Grand
1969
Movie
Les Misérables
as Mme Thénardier
1978
TV
As Time Goes By
as Margaret
1992
TV
Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel
as Bess Sedgwick
1987
TV
Heartbeat
as Hildy Dressler
1992
TV
The Sweeney
as Hildegarde
1975
TV
The Line of Beauty
as Lady Partridge
2006
Movie
The Trygon Factor
as Nun
1966
TV
The Champions
as Marion Grant
1968