Caroline Blakiston

Caroline Blakiston

Nascimento : 1933-02-13, Chelsea, London, England, UK

História

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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Caroline Blakiston

Filmes

The Village That Rose From The Dead
Sylvia Lennard
When a man is found murdered during the reopening of a ghost village, Barnaby must unravel a sinister web of lies from both past and present in order to catch the killer.
For Elsie
Mama Kilov
Glenn is a disillusioned piano teacher, who once aspired to be a concert pianist. He is moving back to his parents house and is on the brink of giving up the piano for good when Kilov, a Russian gangster, offers him a unique opportunity: £10,000 if Glenn teaches his daughter Beethoven's "Fur Elise"... in a day.
Scoop: O Grande Furo
Mrs. Quincy
Sondra Pransky (Scarlett Johansson) é uma estudante de jornalismo que está visitando alguns amigos em Londres. Ela vai ao show de mágica de Sidney Waterman (Woody Allen), que a chama ao palco para fazer o truque de desmaterialização. Sondra entra em uma caixa mas, enquanto o truque acontece, surge para ela o espírito do repórter Joe Strombel (Ian McShane), morto recentemente, que lhe oferece um grande furo: a identidade do assassino do tarô. Ele diz a Sondra que o assassino é Peter Lyman (Hugh Jackman), um aristocrata inglês. Sondra e Sid decidem investigar Lyman, mas ela acaba se apaixonado por ele.
Coup!
Margaret Thatcher
Dramatisation of the abortive real-life attempt by Simon Mann to organise a coup to take over Equatorial Guinea in 2004. The case achieved notoriety because one of the financial backers of the project was Sir Mark Thatcher, son of British ex-PM 'Margaret Thatcher'.
The Mallen Streak
The first part of the Mallen family saga. Thomas Mallen, the Squire of High Banks Hall, fathers many illegitimate sons, each of whom inherit a distinctive streak of white hair. Forced to sell the Hall, Thomas moves to humbler surroundings, taking with him his wards, Barbara and Constance, and their governess, Anna Brigmore. The young girls find romance with the Radlet brothers, one of whom, Donald, is acknowledged by Thomas as his bastard son.
O 4º Protocolo
Angela Berenson
John Preston é um agente britânico com a tarefa de impedir que os russos detonem uma bomba nuclear ao lado de uma base americana no Reino Unido. Os russos esperam que isso quebre o "relacionamento especial" entre UK e USA.
Guerra nas Estrelas: O Retorno de Jedi
Mon Mothma
O imperador está supervisionando a construção de uma nova Estrela da Morte. Enquanto isso Luke Skywalker liberta Han Solo e a Princesa Leia das mãos de Jaba. Luke só se tornará um cavaleiro jedi quando destruir Darth Vader, que ainda pretende atraí-lo para o lado sombrio da Força.
Miss A and Miss M
Adult Lizzie (Narration)
In a 1920s middle-class guest house, a young girl observes life around her.
Life After Death
Josie
"We were so close, we loved each other, we made a whole together. I feel cut in half." Meg struggles with the sudden death of her husband.
The Mallen Curse
Anna Brigmore
The fourth and final instalment of the Mallen family saga. Barbara, rejected by Michael, enters into a loveless marriage with a son of the Benshams, who now own Squire Thomas' former home, High Banks. Meanwhile, Mr Bensham proposes to Anna Brigmore, Barbara's former governess, who has a burning ambition to become mistress of the house.
Os Yankees Estão Voltando!
Golfing friend
During WWII, the United States set up army bases in Great Britain as part of the war effort. Against their proper sensibilities, many of the Brits don't much like the brash Yanks, especially when it comes to the G.I.s making advances on the lonely British girls. One relationship that develops is between married John, an Army Captain, and the aristocratic Helen, whose naval husband is away at war. Helen loves her husband, but Helen and John are looking for some comfort during the difficult times.
Les Misérables
Mme Thénardier
Jean Valjean, convicted of stealing bread, is hounded for decades by the relentless and cruel policeman Javert.
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
Elena
One Saturday evening Rosa Priore is preparing a magnificent Sunday lunch for her family and their friends. By Sunday afternoon her life and marriage are in ruins.
Knots
The pianist
A touring company of actors arriving at a theatre, rehearsing and preparing a performance of a revue based on the book 'Knots' by R.D. Laing, devised by Edward Petherbridge
The Lie
Esther
Ingmar Bergman play looking at the cool and brittle relationship between a successful architect (Frank Finlay) and his academic wife (Gemma Jones). Commissioned by the Swedish Broadcasting Corporation on behalf of European members participating in ‘The Largest Theatre in the World’. This, the Radio Times explained, was ‘a project which enabled a play to be broadcast simultaneously in several languages across Europe.’ This UK Play For Today version was directed by Alan Bridges, whilst an American version was put out on CBS, directed by Alex Segal
Um Beatle no Paraíso
Hon. Esther Grand
Sir Guy Grand, the richest man in the world, adopts a homeless man, Youngman. Together, they set out to prove that anyone--and anything--can be bought.
The Trygon Factor
Nun
A Scotland Yard detective is investigating a string of robberies and a murder, and the information he uncovers leads him to the estate of a wealthy but strange English family, who share their mansion with a group of nuns. The detective comes to suspect that neither the family nor the nuns is quite what they seem to be.
The Idol
2nd Woman at Party
A rebellious student embarks on an affair with the mother of his best friend, leading to disastrous consequences.