Caroline Blakiston

Caroline Blakiston (born February 13, 1933 in Chelsea , London , England ) is a British actress .

Life

Blakiston has been active as a film and television actress since 1962 and has appeared in more than 90 productions. From 1983 to 1990 she played the role of Lady Patience Hardacre in the television series Brass . She became internationally known in 1983 for her role as Mon Mothma in the Star Wars film Return of the Jedi . From 2015 to 2018 Blakiston appeared in 26 episodes of the historical series Poldark as Aunt Agatha .

Her marriage in 1970 to the actor Russell Hunter , whom she met during an appearance in the play A Midsummer Night's Dream , resulted in a son and a daughter. The marriage later ended in divorce.

Filmography (selection)

• 1962: City Beneath the Sea (TV series, 7 episodes)
• 1963–1965: Emergency Ward 10 (TV series, 18 episodes)
• 1961, 1965, 1967: With umbrella, charm and bowler hat ( The Avengers , TV series, 3 episodes)
• 1966: The Idol
• 1966: Simon Templar ( The Saint , TV series, 1 episode)
• 1966: The Secret of the White Nun (The Trygon Factor)
• 1967: Die Forsyte Saga ( The Forsyte Saga , television multipart, 4 episodes)
• 1968: The Queen Street Gang (TV series, 4 episodes)
• 1968: The Caesars (TV series, 4 episodes)
• 1969: Randall & Hopkirk - Detective Agency with a Ghost ( Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) , TV series, 1 episode)
• 1969: Magic Christian (The Magic Christian)
• 1970: Paul Temple (TV series) - Gangster Game ( Right Villain )
• 1971: Sunday, Bloody Sunday (Sunday Bloody Sunday)
• 1971: Wives and Daughters (TV series, 5 episodes)
• 1975: Knots
• 1977: Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle (TV series, 2 episodes)
• 1977–1982: Crown Court (TV series, 8 episodes)
• 1978: Saturday, Sunday, Monday (Movie made for TV)
• 1978: Les Misérables (TV movie)
• 1979: Yanks - Yesterday we were strangers (Yanks)
• 1979: Prince Regent (TV series, 3 episodes)
• 1979–1980: The Mallens (TV series, 13 episodes)
• 1981: Nanny (TV series, 2 episodes)
• 1981–1983: The Last Song (TV series, 13 episodes)
• 1983: Return of the Jedi (Return of the Jedi)
• 1983–1990: Brass (TV series, 32 episodes)
• 1984–1985: Mr. Palfrey of Westminster (TV series, 10 episodes)
• 1985: Charters & Caldicott (TV series, 6 episodes)
• 1987: Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel (TV movie)
• 1987: The Fourth Protocol (The Fourth Protocol)
• 1989: The Champagne Dynasty ( Till We Meet Again , two-part TV series)
• 1990: Chancer (TV series, 3 episodes)
• 1992–1993: Rides (TV series, 11 episodes)
• 1998: The High Guardian of the Forest ( Children of the New Forest , TV movie)
• 2003: The War of the Starfighters (voice)
• 2005, 2009, 2016: Inspector Barnaby ( Midsomer Murders , TV series, 3 episodes)
• 2006: The Line of Beauty , three-part television series
• 2006: coup! (TV movie)
• 2006: Scoop - Der Knüller (Scoop)
• 2008: The Commander: Abduction (TV movie)
• 2013: Agatha Christie's Poirot (TV series, 1 episode)
• 2015: Casualty (TV series, 1 episode)
• 2015-2018: Poldark (TV series, 26 episodes)
• 2018: Mary Anning (short film)
• 2019: The Leaving Party (short film)

Web links

• Caroline Blakiston in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Anthony Hayward: Obituaries: Russell Hunter. In: independent.co.uk . February 28, 2004, accessed August 16, 2020 .