Katharine Blake (actress)

Katharine Blake
Film and television actress Katharine Blake
Born11 September 1921
Johannesburg, South Africa
Died1 March 1991 (aged 69)
London, England, United Kingdom
OccupationActress
Spouses
FamilyMatthew Jacobs

Katharine Blake (11 September 1921 – 1 March 1991) was a British actress, born in South Africa with an extensive career in television and films.[1] She was married to director Charles Jarrott.[2] She had two daughters, each by different fathers, Jenny Kastner (Nee Jacobs), with her first husband, actor Anthony Jacobs (father of Martin Jameson, Matthew Jacobs and Amanda Jacobs), and Lindy Greene, with her second husband, actor/director David Greene.[3] She was estranged from both daughters at the time of her death.[citation needed]

Blake won the BAFTA for Best Actress for her work in television in 1964.[4] 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.[5][6] Blake 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.[7]

  1. ^ McFarlane, Brian; Slide, Anthony (16 May 2016). The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition. Manchester University Press. ISBN 9781526111968 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "Katharine Blake". Archived from the original on 18 December 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  3. ^ Maxford, Howard (8 November 2019). Hammer Complete: The Films, the Personnel, the Company. McFarland. ISBN 9781476629148 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "Television in 1964 | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org.
  5. ^ "ARMCHAIR THEATRE Volume Two / DVD Review". www.cathoderaytube.co.uk. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  6. ^ "Wednesday's Child (1970)". BFI. Archived from the original on 30 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Islands in the Heartline (1976)". BFI. Archived from the original on 22 September 2020.