Actor
Katharine Blake
September 11, 1921 · Johannesburg, South Africa
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 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.
Often works with
Michael Bates
3 titles together
The Wednesday Play, Male of the Species, Male of the Species
Laurence Olivier
3 titles together
Male of the Species, ITV Saturday Night Theatre, Male of the Species
Anna Calder-Marshall
3 titles together
Male of the Species, ITV Saturday Night Theatre, Male of the Species
Jack Stewart
2 titles together
Hunted, The Dark Light
Sam Kydd
2 titles together
Hunted, Assassin for Hire
Ewen Solon
2 titles together
Hunted, Assassin for Hire
Full filmography · 31
Blunt Instrument
as Dorothy Logan
1981
Beyond Our Means
as Sylvia Forsyth
1973
Hell's Angel
as Cynthia McKenna
1971
Wednesday's Child
cast
1970
Anne of the Thousand Days
as Elizabeth Boleyn
19697.1
Male of the Species
as Miss Saville
1969What's Wrong with Humpty Dumpty?
as Hilary
1967
To Have and to Hold
as Claudia
1963
The Man Out There
as Marie
1961
Now That April's Here
as Hilda Adams
1958
Hammer the Toff
as Janet Lord
1952
Saturday Island
as Nurse
1952