Caroline Blakiston - wikipedia Caroline Blakiston Caroline Blakiston Caroline G. Blakiston ( 1933 - 02 - 13 ) 13 February 1933 ( age 85 ) Chelsea, London, England, UK Occupation actress Years active 1957 -- present Spouse ( s ) Russell Hunter ( 1970 ) ( divorced ) Children 2 children Caroline Blakiston ( born 13 February 1933 ) is an English actress. She is best known in her native United Kingdom for her role in the television comedy series Brass, and to international audiences as Mon Mothma in the Star Wars film Return of the Jedi. Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 4.1 Film 4.2 Television 5 References 6 External links Early life Blakiston was born in London and attended RADA. Career In the 1960s, Blakiston 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 1983, Blakiston played the wayward character of Lady Patience Hardacre in the satirical Granada television series Brass, which ran for three series. She portrayed Mon Mothma, the primary political leader of the Rebel Alliance in the 1983 Star Wars film, Return of the Jedi. In 1986, Blakiston played the villain Bess Sedgwick opposite Joan Hickson 's Miss Marple, in the episode `` At Bertram 's Hotel '' of the BBC 's Miss Marple series. 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. Since 2015, Blakiston has played Aunt Agatha in the BBC adaptation Poldark. Personal life In 1970, Blakiston married the actor Russell Hunter after they had played together in A Midsummer Night 's Dream at the Open Air Theatre, Regent 's Park. They had a son and a daughter together, but later divorced. Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1966 The Trygon Factor White nun 1969 The Magic Christian Hon Esther Grand 1971 Sunday Bloody Sunday Rowing wife 1979 Yanks Golfing friend Return of the Jedi Mon Mothma The Fourth Protocol Angela Berenson Television Year Title Role Notes 1961 -- 67 The Avengers Various roles 3 episodes 1962 City Beneath the Sea Dr Ann Boyd 7 episodes 1966 The Saint Eleanor Bastion Episode : The Convenient Monster 1967 The Forsyte Saga Marjorie Ferrar 4 episodes 1968 The Caesars Agrippina 4 episodes 1978 Les Misérables Madame Thenardier TV film 1979 Prince Regent Lady Frances Jersey 3 episodes 1981 Private Schulz The Countess 1 episode 1983 -- 90 Brass Lady Patience Hardacre 32 episodes 1985 Charters and Caldicott Margaret Mottram 6 episodes Miss Marple Bess Sedgwick Episode : At Bertram 's Hotel 2006 The Line of Beauty Lady Partridge 2 episodes 2012 Holby City Kathleen Pennington Episode : Through the Darkness 2013 Agatha Christie 's Poirot Julia Carstairs Episode : Elephants Can Remember 2014 Father Brown Lady Lavinia Pryde Episode : The Pride of the Pryde 2015 -- 17 Poldark Aunt Agatha 2015 Casualty Frances Barrett Episode : The Long Haul 2016 Midsomer Murders Sylvia Lennard Episode 19.1 `` The Village that Rose from the Dead '' References ^ Jump up to : `` Index entry ''. FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 16 April 2011. Jump up ^ `` Russell Hunter : Obituaries ''. The Independent. 28 February 2004. Retrieved 24 December 2015. External links Caroline Blakiston on IMDb VIAF : 88518583 MusicBrainz : 23f80333 - 936a - 43ca - a0fe - da20e3627e6b Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Caroline_Blakiston&oldid=827591490 '' Categories : 1933 births English television actresses English film actresses Living people People from Chelsea, London Actresses from London Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art 20th - century English actresses 21st - century English actresses Hidden categories : Use dmy dates from February 2013 Use British English from February 2013 Articles with hCards Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia تۆرکجه Deutsch فارسی Français Suomi Edit links This page was last edited on 25 February 2018, at 16 : 44. About Wikipedia

Question: who played mon mothma in return of the jedi
Answer: Caroline Blakiston