Pauline Melville
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 1, 1948 (age 78)
- Birthplace
- Guyana
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
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Filmography
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
Movie · as Self
Brighton Rock
Movie · as Mother Superior
Bottom Mindless Violence
Movie · as Mrs. Basterd (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song
Movie · as Maisie Kemp
Home Away from Home
Movie · as Neighbour
Shadowlands
Movie · as Committee Chairwoman
Utz
Movie · as Curator
The House of Bernarda Alba
Movie · as Prudencia
Spender
TV · as Judge · 1 ep
2Point4 Children
TV · as Babs · 1 ep
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
Movie · as Sylvia Wallace
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Movie · as Mrs Scratchit
Didn't You Kill My Brother?
Movie · as Pauline Sneak
Alexei Sayle's Stuff
TV · 1 ep
Red Dwarf
TV · as Barmaid · 1 ep
Rat in the Skull
Movie · as IRA Woman
Mona Lisa
Movie · as George's Wife
Girls On Top
TV · as Yvonne · 3 eps
Scrubbers
Movie · as Crow
Britannia Hospital
Movie · as Clarissa
The Young Ones
TV · as Vyvyan's Mum, Woman on Bus · 2 eps
The Comic Strip Presents...
TV · as Pauline Sneak · 1 ep
The Long Good Friday
Movie · as Dora
Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights
TV · 2 eps
Far from the Madding Crowd
Movie · as Mrs. Tall
Ulysses
Movie · as Prostitute