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Katharine Blake (actress)

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Name
  
Katharine Blake


Role
  
Actress

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Died
  
March 1, 1991, London, United Kingdom

Movies
  
Anne of the Thousand Days, Assassin for Hire, Wuthering Heights

Spouse
  
Charles Jarrott (m. 1959–1982), David Greene (m. 1948–1959), Anthony Jacobs (m. 1942–1948)

Children
  
Lindy Greene, Jenny Jacobs Greene

Awards
  
British Academy Television Award for Best Actress

Similar People
  
Charles Jarrott, David Greene, Matthew Jacobs

Katharine Blake (11 September 1921 – 1 March 1991) was a South African-born British actress, with an extensive career in television and movies. She was married to director Charles Jarrott.

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In 1969/1970 she played the character Chris Nourse in first an episode of Public Eye and then Armchair Theatre; one of the first lesbian love affairs to be seen on UK television. Blake replaced Googie Withers as the Prison Governor in the ITV series Within These Walls in 1977, but only appeared in one season, leaving the role due to ill health.

Selected filmography

  • Trottie True (1949) - Ruby Rubarto (uncredited)
  • Assassin for Hire (1951) - Maria Riccardi
  • The Dark Light (1951) - Linda
  • Hunted (1952) - Waitress
  • Saturday Island (1952) - Nurse
  • Hammer the Toff (1952) - Janet Lord
  • Now That April's Here (1958) - Hilda Adams (segment "The Rejected One")
  • To Have and to Hold (1963) - Claudia
  • Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) - Elizabeth Boleyn

    • Selected television

  • 1961: The Avengers - Dr. Ampara Alvarez Sandoval
  • 1962: Sir Francis Drake - The Dark Lady
  • 1962: Maigret - Mado
  • 1963: The Saint - Rosemary Chase
  • 1967: The Baron - Madame Nicharos
  • 1969: Public Eye - Mrs. Chris Nourse
  • 1971: Paul Temple - Drucilla Ardrey
  • 1972: The Shadow of the Tower - Signora Cabot
  • 1972: No Exit - Claire Dufort
  • 1959-1973: Armchair Theatre - Sylvia Forsyth / Chris Nourse / Hilary / Marie / Carla Melini / Doris Binstead
  • 1974: Crown Court - Irene Rutland
  • 1976: Within These Walls - Prison Governess — Helen Forrester

    • References

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