Katharine Blake
Born in Johannesburg, South Africa — Sep 11 1921• Died Mar 01 1991
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Katharine Blake (born Illonne Katharine Inglestone, September 11, 1921 – March 1, 1991) was a British actress, born in South Africa, with an extensive career in television and films. She won the BAFTA for Best Actress for her work in television in 1964. She portrayed Elizabeth Boleyn in the film Anne of the Thousand Days (1969). In 1969/1970, she played the character Chris Nourse in first an episode of Public Eye and then in Armchair Theatre's Wednesday's Child; one of the first lesbian love affairs to be seen on UK television. She replaced Googie With…
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Cynthia McKenna
Crown Court
Irene Rutland
Theatre 625
Joanna Afton
Public Eye
Mrs. Nourse
Festival
Nadia
Folio
Lady Macbeth
Sir Francis Drake
The Dark Lady
Crane
Sonia Dajos
Within These Walls
Helen Forrester
Armchair Theatre
Hilary
Male of the Species
Miss Saville
Anne of the Thousand Days
Elizabeth Boleyn
Saturday Island
Nurse
Hunted
Waitress
Male of the Species
Miss Saville
Trottie True
Ruby Rubarto
Hell's Angel
Cynthia McKenna
To Have and to Hold
Claudia
The Dark Light
Linda
Wuthering Heights
Catherine Earnshaw
Assassin for Hire
Maria Riccardi
What's Wrong with Humpty Dumpty?
Hilary
Hammer the Toff
Janet Lord
Blunt Instrument
Dorothy Logan
Now That April's Here
Hilda Adams
Beyond Our Means
Sylvia Forsyth
The Man Out There
Marie
Wednesday's Child