Katharine Blake
Actor
Biography
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
Hunted
as Waitress 1952
Saturday Island
as Nurse 1952
Hammer the Toff
as Janet Lord 1952
To Have and to Hold
as Claudia 1963
Male of the Species
as Miss Saville 1969
The Dark Light
as Linda 1951
Assassin for Hire
as Maria Riccardi 1951
Trottie True
as Ruby Rubarto 1949
The Man Out There
as Marie 1961
Wuthering Heights
as Catherine Earnshaw 1948
What's Wrong with Humpty Dumpty?
as Hilary 1967
Beyond Our Means
as Sylvia Forsyth 1973
Hell's Angel
as Cynthia McKenna 1971
Now That April's Here
as Hilda Adams 1958