Personal Info
Illonne Katharine Inglestone
Katharine Blake
Acting
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 se…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Blunt Instrument
as Dorothy Logan
Beyond Our Means
as Sylvia Forsyth
Hell's Angel
as Cynthia McKenna
Wednesday's Child
Anne of the Thousand Days
as Elizabeth Boleyn
Male of the Species
as Miss Saville
What's Wrong with Humpty Dumpty?
as Hilary
To Have and to Hold
as Claudia
The Man Out There
as Marie
Now That April's Here
as Hilda Adams
TV Shows
Within These Walls
as Helen Forrester · 17 ep.
Crown Court
as Irene Rutland · 3 ep.
Play for Today
as Cynthia McKenna · 1 ep.
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
as Miss Saville · 1 ep.
Male of the Species
as Miss Saville · 1 ep.
ITV Playhouse
as Peggy · 1 ep.
Public Eye
as Mrs. Nourse · 1 ep.
Theatre 625
as Joanna Afton · 1 ep.
Festival
as Nadia · 1 ep.
Crane
as Sonia Dajos · 1 ep.