Pauline Melville
Known for
Acting
Life
Born 1948 (age 78)
Born in
Guyana
Credits
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Biography
Pauline Melville was born in Guyana in 1948 of mixed European and Amerindian ancestry. She has worked as an actress, appearing in films such as Mona Lisa and British television programmes including the BBC Television comedy series 'The Young Ones', before turning her hand to writing in 1990. Her short stories and novels have been critically acclaimed, earning her numerous awards including the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, the Guardian Fiction Prize, the Whitbread First Novel Award, and the Guyana Prize for Literature
Known For
Red Dwarf
15 Feb 1988
The Long Good Friday
01 Nov 1980
Shadowlands
25 Dec 1993
Mona Lisa
13 Jun 1986
The Young Ones
09 Nov 1982
Brighton Rock
13 Sep 2010
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
05 May 1989
Far from the Madding Crowd
18 Jun 1967
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Filmography
2010
- Brighton Rockas Mother Superior
2004
- Bottom Mindless Violenceas Mrs. Basterd (archive footage) (uncredited)
2000
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Songas Maisie Kemp
1993
- Shadowlandsas Committee Chairwoman
- Home Away from Homeas Neighbour
1992
- Utzas Curator
1991
- The House of Bernarda Albaas Prudencia
- 2Point4 Childrenas Babs1 episode
- Spenderas Judge1 episode
1989
- How to Get Ahead in Advertisingas Sylvia Wallace
1988
- Blackadder's Christmas Carolas Mrs Scratchit
- Alexei Sayle's Stuff1 episode
- Didn't You Kill My Brother?as Pauline Sneak
- Red Dwarfas Barmaid1 episode
1987
- Rat in the Skullas IRA Woman
1986
- Mona Lisaas George's Wife
1985
- Girls On Topas Yvonne3 episodes
1982
- The Young Onesas Woman on Bus1 episode
- The Comic Strip Presents...as Pauline Sneak1 episode
- Scrubbersas Crow
- Britannia Hospitalas Clarissa
1980
- The Long Good Fridayas Dora
- Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights2 episodes
1967
- Far from the Madding Crowdas Mrs. Tall
- Ulyssesas Prostitute