Caroline John

Actor Oct 11 (died age 71) York, England, UK 1955–2021 (66 year career)

6.8 avg rating

Biography

Caroline Frances John was an English actress. She played classical roles on the stage and also portrayed Elizabeth "Liz" Shaw in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who, as well as several other television roles.

Known For

Film

Love Actually

Sam's Grandmother

Film

Doctor Who

Liz Shaw

Film

Santa Claus: The Movie

Village Woman (uncredited)

Film

The Woman in Black

Stella's Mother

Film

Link

Mrs. Miller

Film

The Razor's Edge

Mrs. Mackenzie

Film

Doctor Who: The Five Doctors

Liz Shaw

Film

Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space

Liz Shaw

Filmography

Acting (43)

Movies (33)

Nick & Caroline: Uncut!

2021

The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years

2017

Carry On: The Life of Caroline John

2013

as (archival footage)

Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2

2010

as Liz Shaw (archive footage)

6.5

The Ties That Bind Us

2008

as Liz Shaw (archive footage)

Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983

Love Actually

as Sam's Grandmother

The Woodlanders

as Housekeeper

Kiss and Tell

as Avril Owens

PROBE: Ghosts of Winterborne

1996

as Dr. Elizabeth Shaw

5.6

PROBE: Unnatural Selection

1996

as Dr. Elizabeth Shaw

6.8

PROBE: The Devil of Winterborne

1995

as Dr. Elizabeth Shaw

8.8

The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond

1995

7.0

PROBE: The Zero Imperative

1994

as Dr. Elizabeth Shaw

7.0

The Stranger: Breach of the Peace

1994

as Detective Chief Inspector Diana Sellars

5.0

Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time

as Liz Shaw

Bad Girl

as Mrs Carter

The Woman in Black

as Stella's Mother

Link

as Mrs. Miller

Santa Claus: The Movie

1985

as Village Woman (uncredited)

6.3

The Razor's Edge

1984

as Mrs. Mackenzie

6.3

Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks

1984

as Liz Shaw (archive footage) (uncredited)

7.9

A Pattern of Roses

1983

as Vicar's Wife

5.0

Doctor Who: The Five Doctors

1983

as Liz Shaw

7.7

The Way of the World

1975

as Foible

Assassin

1973

as Ann

5.4

Doctor Who: Inferno

1970

as Liz Shaw / Section Leader Elizabeth Shaw

8.8

Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space

1970

as Liz Shaw

8.7

Doctor Who and the Silurians

1970

as Liz Shaw

7.3

Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death

1970

as Liz Shaw

7.3

Much Ado About Nothing

1967

as Hero

5.5

The King's Breakfast

1963

as The Queen's Maid

Raising a Riot

1955

as Child at Party

6.5

Television (10)

The Choir

1995

as Janet Young

The House of Eliott

1991

as Lilian Brownlow

6.4

The Stranger

1991

as Detective Chief Inspector Diana Sellars

Casualty

as Edith Howlett

Sherlock Holmes

as Mrs Carnac

The Hound of the Baskervilles

as Laura Lyons

Crown Court

as Sheena Smithson

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

as Edith Dallas

Doctor Who

as Liz Shaw

Doctor Who

as Liz Shaw