Katharine Blake

Acting

Born 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. Her first husband was actor Anthony Jacobs (1942-1948,1 child), her second husband was actor/director David Greene (1948-1959,1 child), and her third husband was director Charles Jarrott (1959-1982). She was estranged from her 2 daughters at the time of her death.

Filmography

• 1981Blunt Instrument — Dorothy Logan
• Within These Walls — Helen Forrester
• 1973Beyond Our Means — Sylvia Forsyth
• Crown Court — Irene Rutland
• No Exit — Claire Dufort
• 1971Hell's Angel — Cynthia McKenna
• Suspicion — Stella Belman
• Play for Today — Cynthia McKenna
• 1970Wednesday's Child
• 1969Anne of the Thousand Days — Elizabeth Boleyn
• ITV Saturday Night Theatre — Miss Saville
• 1969Male of the Species — Miss Saville
• Male of the Species — Miss Saville
• ITV Playhouse — Peggy
• 1967What's Wrong with Humpty Dumpty? — Hilary
• Public Eye — Mrs. Nourse
• The Wednesday Play — Donna Anna, Writer
• Theatre 625 — Joanna Afton
• Crane — Sonia Dajos
• Festival — Nadia
• 1963To Have and to Hold — Claudia
• Sir Francis Drake — The Dark Lady
• 1961The Man Out There — Marie
• 1958Now That April's Here — Hilda Adams
• Armchair Theatre — Hilary, Anne, Rachel, Chris Nourse, Sylvia Forsyth
• Folio — Lady Macbeth
• 1952Hammer the Toff — Janet Lord
• 1952Hunted — Waitress
• 1952Saturday Island — Nurse
• 1951Assassin for Hire — Maria Riccardi
• 1951The Dark Light — Linda
• 1949Trottie True — Ruby Rubarto
• 1948Wuthering Heights — Catherine Earnshaw