Pauline Collins
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 3, 1940
- Died
- November 5, 2025 (aged 85)
- Birthplace
- Exmouth, Devon, England, UK
Biography
Pauline Angela Collins, OBE (3 September 1940 - 5 November 2025) was an English actress of the stage, television, and film. She first came to prominence portraying Sarah Moffat in Upstairs, Downstairs and its spin-off Thomas & Sarah during the 1970s. She later drew acclaim for playing the title role in the play Shirley Valentine for which she received Laurence Olivier, Tony, and Drama Desk awards. She reprised the role in a 1989 film adaptation, winning a BAFTA and garnering Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations. Description above from the Wikipedia article Pauline Collins, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
Byrd and the Bees
Movie · as Beatrice
The Time of Their Lives
Movie · as Priscilla
Ernestine & Kit
Movie · as Ernestine
The Last Dragonslayer
Movie · as Lady Mawgon
Dough
Movie · as Joanna
Dickensian
TV · as Mrs Gamp · 20 eps
Quartet
Movie · as Cissy Robson
Albert Nobbs
Movie · as Margaret Baker
Mount Pleasant
TV · 26 eps
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Movie · as Cristal
From Time to Time
Movie · as Mrs. Tweedle
Merlin
TV · as Alice · 1 ep
What We Did on Our Holiday
Movie · as Lil Taylor
Bleak House
TV · as Miss Flite · 10 eps
Doctor Who
TV · as Queen Victoria · 1 ep
Agatha Christie's Marple
TV · as Thyrza Grey · 1 ep
Sparkling Cyanide
Movie · as Dr. Catherine Kendall
Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War
Movie · as Thelma Caldicot
Man and Boy
Movie · as Betty Silver
Little Grey Rabbit
TV · 26 eps
The Ambassador
TV · 12 eps
Paradise Road
Movie · as Daisy 'Margaret' Drummond
Flowers of the Forest
Movie · as Aileen Matthews
My Mother's Courage
Movie · as Elsa Tabori
City of Joy
Movie · as Joan Bethel
Shirley Valentine
Movie · as Shirley Valentine-Bradshaw
Forever Green
TV · 18 eps
Knockback: 1
Movie · as Sylvia
Knockback: 2
Movie · as Sylvia
Screen Two
TV · as Sylvia Barker, Aileen Matthews · 2 eps
The Black Tower
TV · as Maggie Hewson · 5 eps
Little Miss
TV · as Female Voices · 13 eps
Wogan
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Long Distance Information
Movie · as Eileen
Tales of the Unexpected
TV · as Eve Peregrine, Pat Lewis · 1 ep
Thomas & Sarah
TV · as Sarah Moffat · 13 eps
Wodehouse Playhouse
TV · as Susan Blake · 20 eps
No, Honestly
TV · as Clara Danby (née Burrell) · 13 eps
Armchair 30
TV · as Carol · 1 ep
King's Cross Lunch Hour
Movie · as The Girl
Crippled Bloom
Movie · as Ruby
Country Matters
TV · as Ruby · 1 ep
Upstairs, Downstairs
TV · as Sarah · 14 eps
Wink To Me Only
TV · 1 ep
Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It
Movie · as Joan Percival
B and B
TV · as Chantal
Love Life
Movie · as Mary Murtagh
Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones
Movie · as Samantha Briggs
Trapped
TV · as Jacky · 1 ep
Secrets of a Windmill Girl
Movie
The Corridor People
TV · as Syrie's Maid · 1 ep
The Three Musketeers
TV · as Kitty · 2 eps
BBC Play of the Month
TV · as Lady Teazle, Dawn · 1 ep
Pardon the Expression
TV · as Miss Wainwright · 1 ep
Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV · as The Girl · 1 ep
Blackmail
TV · as Frieda Straker · 1 ep
The Wednesday Play
TV · as Joan Percival, Angelina · 1 ep
Theatre 625
TV · as Clara · 1 ep
Doctor Who
TV · as Samantha Briggs · 4 eps
The Saint
TV · as Marie-Therese · 1 ep
Armchair Theatre
TV · as Betty, Mary Murtagh · 1 ep
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Winner / Performer · 1 ep