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Caroline John

English actress (1940-2012) · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Died at 71

Caroline Frances John was an English actress. She played classical roles on the stage as well as several television roles. She is best known for playing Elizabeth "Liz" Shaw in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who.

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A life in dates

2012Died5 June 20122010Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2Film, Liz Shaw (archive footage)2006Vital SignsSeries, Mrs Carter2003Love ActuallyFilm, Sam's Grandmother1996Kiss and TellFilm, Avril Owens1995The ChoirSeries, Janet YoungPROBE: The Devil of WinterborneFilm, 1995Dr. Elizabeth Shaw1994The Memoirs of Sherlock HolmesSeries, Mrs Carmac1993Doctor Who: Dimensions in TimeFilm, Liz Shaw1991In Suspicious CircumstancesSeries, Mabel Ramsay1989The Woman in BlackFilm, Stella's Mother1986CasualtySeries, Edith Howlett1985Santa Claus: The MovieFilm, Village Woman (uncredited)1984Sherlock HolmesSeries, Mrs CarnacDoctor Who: Resurrection of the DaleksFilm, 1984Liz Shaw (archive footage) (uncredited)1982The Hound of the BaskervillesSeries, Laura Lyons1975The Way of the WorldFilm, Foible1972Crown CourtSeries, Sheena Smithson1971The Rivals of Sherlock HolmesSeries, Edith Dallas1970Doctor Who and the SiluriansFilm, Liz Shaw1967Much Ado About NothingFilm, Hero1963Doctor WhoSeries, Liz Shaw1955Raising a RiotFilm, Child at Party1940Born19 September 1940

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  • Love Actually 2003
  • The Woman in Black 1989
  • The Razor's Edge 1984
  • Santa Claus: The Movie 1985
  • Link 1986

Also in Deutsch

Filmography 34

46 credits on file

Television 12

About this person

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1940 to 2012 · aged 71

In the same film or series as Caroline

Una StubbsAlso in The King's Breakfast (1963)David TroughtonAlso in The Stranger: Breach of the Peace (1994)Sheila AllenAlso in The Way of the World (1975)Vivian PicklesAlso in A Pattern of Roses (1983)