Pauline Melville
Jan 01, 1948 (77 years old) in Guyana
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
The Comic Strip Presents...
Pauline Sneak
Blackadder
Mrs Scratchit
Red Dwarf
Barmaid
Girls On Top
Yvonne
The Young Ones
Vyvyan's Mum
Brighton Rock
Mother Superior
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
Sylvia Wallace
Britannia Hospital
Clarissa
2Point4 Children
Babs
Credits
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Self★ 7.5 -
Brighton Rock 2010Mother Superior★ 5.7 -
Maisie Kemp★ 5 -
Shadowlands 1993Committee Chairwoman★ 6.9 -
Home Away from Home 1993Neighbour★ NR -
Utz 1992Curator★ 5.4 -
Prudencia★ NR -
2Point4 Children 1991Babs★ 7.2 -
Spender 1991Judge★ 7 -
Sylvia Wallace★ 6.3 -
Mrs Scratchit★ 7.7 -
Alexei Sayle's Stuff 1988★ 6.5 -
Pauline Sneak★ NR -
Red Dwarf 1988Barmaid★ 8.1 -
Rat in the Skull 1987IRA Woman★ NR -
Mona Lisa 1986George's Wife★ 6.9 -
Girls On Top 1985Yvonne★ 4.8 -
Blackadder 1983Mrs Scratchit★ 8 -
The Young Ones 1982Vyvyan's Mum★ 7.9 -
Pauline Sneak★ 7.4 -
Scrubbers 1982Crow★ 5.3 -
Britannia Hospital 1982Clarissa★ 6.4 -
The Long Good Friday 1980Dora★ 7.1 -
★ 6 -
Mrs. Tall★ 6.9 -
Ulysses 1967Prostitute★ 6