Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Female

Birthday

1940-10-11

Deathday

2012-06-05 (71 years old)

Place of Birth

York, England, UK

Also Known As

Caroline Frances John

Caroline John

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

7.1%

Love Actually

Sep 7, 2003

7.9%

Doctor Who

Nov 23, 1963

6.3%

Santa Claus: The Movie

Oct 29, 1985

8.1%

Sherlock Holmes

Apr 24, 1984

6.9%

The Woman in Black

Dec 24, 1989

6.2%

Link

Feb 26, 1986

6.0%

Casualty

Sep 6, 1986

6.4%

The Razor's Edge

Oct 19, 1984

7.8%

Doctor Who: The Five Doctors

Nov 25, 1983

6.4%

Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2

Nov 9, 2010

4.5%

Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time

Nov 27, 1993

5.1%

The Woodlanders

Feb 6, 1998

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Acting

2021

Nick & Caroline: Uncut!

2017

The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years

2013

Carry On: The Life of Caroline John as (archival footage)

2010

Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2 as Liz Shaw (archive footage)

2008		Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
2008		The Ties That Bind Us as Liz Shaw (archive footage)

2003

Love Actually as Sam's Grandmother

1998

The Woodlanders as Housekeeper

1996		Kiss and Tell as Avril Owens
1996		Ghosts of Winterborne as Dr. Elizabeth Shaw
1996		Unnatural Selection as Dr. Elizabeth Shaw

1995		The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
1995		The Devil of Winterborne as Dr. Elizabeth Shaw
1995		The Choir as Janet Young

1994		The Stranger: Breach of the Peace as Detective Chief Inspector Diana Sellars
1994		The Zero Imperative as Dr. Elizabeth Shaw

1993

Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time as Liz Shaw

1992

Bad Girl as Mrs Carter

1991

The House of Eliott as Lilian Brownlow

1989

The Woman in Black as Stella's Mother

1986		Casualty as Edith Howlett
1986		Link as Mrs Miller

1985

Santa Claus: The Movie as Village Woman (uncredited)

1984		The Razor's Edge as Mrs. Mackenzie
1984		Sherlock Holmes as Mrs Carnac
1984		Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks as Liz Shaw (archive footage) (uncredited)

1983		A Pattern of Roses as Vicar's Wife
1983		Doctor Who: The Five Doctors as Liz Shaw

1982

The Hound of the Baskervilles as Laura Lyons

1975

The Way of the World as Foible

1973

Assassin as Ann

1972

Crown Court as Sheena Smithson

1971

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes as Edith Dallas

1970		Doctor Who: Inferno as Liz Shaw / Section Leader Elizabeth Shaw
1970		Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death as Liz Shaw
1970		Doctor Who and the Silurians as Liz Shaw
1970		Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space as Liz Shaw

1967

Much Ado About Nothing as Hero

1963		Doctor Who as Liz Shaw
1963		The King's Breakfast as The Queen's Maid

1955

Raising a Riot as Child at Party