Caroline Blakiston

Caroline Blakiston was born on February 13, 1933 in London, England, UK.

Blakiston trained at the RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and has worked in repertory theatres all over the UK.  She also wrote Black Bread and Cucumber which chronicles her experiences performing Chekhov in the native language in the Russian theatre, these diaries were turned into a one-woman production that has played throughout the UK: National Theatre, Swan Theatre, Stratford, Hampstead, Greenwich, and the Jermyn Street Theatre.  She traveled abroad with the show as well playing in the Middle East, Hong Kong and, of course, Russia.  Her efforts garnered her the Russian Golden Globe award given annually to a foreigner who has made significant contributions to the Russian theatre.

Blakiston was married to actor Russell Hunter (1970 - ?div) they had two children  

 

 

Film

Grand, The (Part 1)~1997 - Isobel Crawford

Fourth Protocol, The~1987 - Angela Berenson (see Actor Connections - Film)

Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi1983 - Mon Mothma - Rebel Alliance

Yanks~1979 - Golfing Friend (see Actor Connections - Film)

Knots~1975 - 

Sunday Bloody Sunday~1971 - Rowing Woman

Magic Christian, The~1969 - Hon. Esther Grand (see Actor Connections - Film)

Trygon Factor, The~1966 - White Nun

Idol, The~1966 - 2nd Woman at Party (see Actor Connections - Film)

 

TV

Midsomer Murders~1997 - Angela Hartley in Bantling Boy (#8.5) 1/16/05

Sunburn~1999 - Mrs. Armitage (# 1.4) 2/6/99

Children of the New Forest~1998  - Aunt Judith

The Grand~1997 - 

As Time Goes By~1992 - Mrs. Margaret Hardcastle Butterworth in Lionel's Ex-Wife (# 5.2) 1/14/96

Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, The~1994 - Dowager Duchess of Lomond in The Three Gables (# 1.1) 1994

Mulberry~1992 - Adele (# 2.7)(#1.3)

Rides~1992 - Scarlett

Murder Most Horrid~1991 - 'unknown' in A Determined Woman (#1.4) 12/5/91

Shrinks~1990 - 

Chancer~1990 - Mrs. Douglas

Lovejoy~1986 - Miss Hemmingway in Sugar and Spice (# 2.8) 2/24/91

Till We Meet Again~1989 (mini)  - Lady Longbridge

Refuge, The~1987  - Helen Crichton-Crick

Miss Marple~1984 - Lady Bess Sedgwick in At Bertram's Hotel (#7) 1986

Charters & Caldicott~1985 (mini)  - Margaret Mottram

Mr. Palfrey of Westminster~1984  - Co-ordinator

Brass~1983  - Lady Patience Hardacre

Last Song, The~1981  - Alice Bannister

Private Schulz~1981 (mini)  - Countess

Last Song, The~1981/3 - Alice Bannister in (All episodes) 

Nanny~1981 - Adela Quinn in  

    A Birdless Cage (# 1.8) 2/28/81

    Waifs and Strays (# 1.7) 2/21/81

Shoestring~1979 - Monica in Looking for Mr Wright (# 2.7) 11/16/80

Racing Game, The~1979 (mini)  - Sylvia Guiccoli

Prince Regent~1979 (mini)  - Lady Frances Jersey (see Actor Connections - TV)

Mallens, The~1978  - Governess Anna Brigmore

Miserables, Les~1978  - Madame Thenardier 

Sweeney, The~1975 - Hildegarde in Hearts and Minds (# 4.11) 11/23/78

Bentley's Bedlam~1972-84 - 

Raffles~1977 - Lady Paulton in An Old Flame 1977

Crown Court~1972 - ?

Wives and Daughters~1971 - 

Lie, The~1970  - Esther

Department S~1969 - Kate Mortimer in The Shift That Never Was (# 2.5) 10/29/69

Fraud Squad~1969 - Kay Pilgrim in Run for Your Money 1969

Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)~1969 - Karen Howarth in Never Trust a Ghost (# 1.4) 1969

The Caesars~1968 - 

Champions, The~1968 - Marion Grant in The Experiment (# 1.4) 10/16/68

Forsyte Saga, The~1967  - Marjorie Ferrar

Avengers, The~1961 - 

    Cynthia Wentworth-Howe in The Positive Negative Man (# 6.6) 11/4/67

    Miss Thirlwell in The Gravediggers (# 4.2) 10/9/65

    Elaine Bateman in Dance with Death (# 1.11) 4/15/61

Out of the Unknown~1965 - Dr. Odile Keppler in Second Childhood (# 2.5) 11/10/66

Saint, The~1962 - Eleanor Bastion in The Convenient Monster (# 5.6) 11/4/66

Public Eye~1965 - Eva Garston in Nobody Kills Santa Claus (# 1.2)

Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life~1964 - 

No Cloak - No Dagger~1963  - Pat Penmore

City Beneath the Sea~1962  - Dr. Ann Boyd

Emergency-Ward 10~1957 - Gerald Frobisher's secretary (1965)

Life After Death~ - 

 

Theater

A Woman of No Importance~2004 - Lady Caroline Pontifract (Theatre Royal Haymarket, London, UK)

My Fair Lady~2001/2 - Mrs. Higgins  (Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London)

White Devil, The~1996 - (Swan Theatre, Warwickshire Stratford-upon-Avon)

Measure for Measure~1995 -  (Barbican Theatre, London and Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford)

Carolianus~1995 - Volumnia (Royal Shakespeare Company)

Cherry Orchard,The~1992/3 - Charlotta Ivanovna, the foreign governess (in Russian at Taganrog (Chekhov's birthplace) and the Moscow Art Theatre, Moscow, RU)

Black Bread and Cucumber~1993 - Herself from her diaries (Stratford Upon Avon, London's West End, and at the Moscow Art Theatre)

Learned Ladies, The~1986 - Philaminte (The Pit, Barbican London)

Way of the World, The~1974 & 1974 - Millimant (Wimbledon Actors Company and New York)

Knots (BAM)~1974 - organ player, vocalist (New York, NY, US; West End, London, UK)

Wood Demon~1974 (New York)

Ruling The Roost~1972 - (Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh) 

The Real Inspector Hound~1968 - Cynthia (Criterion Theatre, London, UK) (Thanks to R. Wood for this credit!)

Macbeth~ - Lady Macbeth 

Look Back in Anger~ - Helena 

Private Lives~ - Amanda

Hassan~ - 

Waltz of the Toreadors~ - 

Double Dealer~ - 

Lady Windermere's Fan~ - 

The Cocktail Party~ - 

The Importance of Being Earnest~ - Lady Bracknell

A Suite in Two Keys~ - 

Hand Over Fist~ - 

Ripping Them Off~ - 

Laying the Ghost~ - 

Women All Over~ - 

The Wives' Excuse~ - 

Everything in the Garden~ - 

Poor Bitos~ - 

Murderer~ - 

Particular Friendships~ - (Hampstead Theatre, ) 

Misalliance~ - (Mermaid Theatre, )

Les parents Terribles~ - (Orange Tree Theatre, ) 

A Midsummer Night's Dream~ - Helena (Regent's Park Theatre, ) 

King Lear~ - Goneril

 

Theater Writer

Black Bread and Cucumber~1992 (from Caroline's own extensive written and recorded diaries)

 

CD

When Loves Speaks~2002 - (reader) Track 45 When forty winters shall besiege they brow

 

Awards, Honors and Nominations

Charrington Awards

Rec'd ???? Best Actress for Particular Friendships

Golden Globe (Russian)

Rec'd 1994 (annual award) foreigner who has made a special contribution to Russian Theatre

 

Miscellany

Caroline Blakiston's interview at Lightsabre.co.uk

 

Founding member of Wimbledon Actors Company

 

First non-Russian  woman to act in a Russian play...in Russian.

 

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