Pauline Quirke
Acting
Biography
Pauline Perpetua Quirke is a retired English television and film actress, best known for her role as Sharon in the long-running BBC comedy series "Birds of a Feather". In 2025, Quirke's husband announced that she would be retiring from all professional and commercial duties due to a diagnosis of dementia which she had received in 2021.
Filmography 69
Movies (29)
Parkinson at 502021Self (archive footage)
The Thieving Headmistress2006Colleen McCabe
Carrie's War2004
Arthur's Dyke2001Janet- Checkout Girl2000Lynda
Last Christmas1999Gwen
Our Boy1998Sonia
The Canterville Ghost1997Madame Murielle
An Audience with Bob Monkhouse1994
Getting It Right1989Muriel Sutton
Distant Voices, Still Lives1988Doreen
Little Dorrit1987Maggy
The Return of the Soldier1983Girl Searching in Hospital
Life After Death1982Checkout Girl
Baby Talk1981Tessa
Name for the Day1980Ann
The Elephant Man19802nd Whore
Beasts: Special Offer1976Noreen Beale
Sunshine in Brixton1976Marilyn- Jenny Can't Work Any Faster1975Jenny
Eleanor1974Eleanor
Malachi's Cove1973Girl in Store- The Trouble with 2B1972
- The Trouble with 2b: Part One, Happy Days1972Molly
- The Trouble with 2b: Part Three, Trial of Strength1972
- The Trouble with 2b: Part Six, Blackboard Jungle1972
- The Trouble with 2b: Part Four, Parents' Day1972
- The Trouble with 2b: Part Five, Thirty Years Younger1972
Junket 891970
Shows (40)
You, Me and the Apocalypse2015Paula
Tipping Point: Lucky Stars2013Self - Contestant
Broadchurch2013Susan Wright- As Seen on TV2009
Missing2009- The Alan Titchmarsh Show2007Self
Skins2007DS Blunt
Celebrity Masterchef2006
North & South2004Dixon
Being April2002April
Murder in Mind2001Jane Saunders- Office Gossip2001
- Down to Earth2000Faith Addis
- Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)2000
David Copperfield1999Peggotty
Maisie Raine1998D.I. Maisie Raine
The Sculptress1996Olive Martin
Soccer AM1995Self
Ready, Steady, Cook1994Self - Guest- The Good Sex Guide1993Self
Birds of a Feather1989Sharon Theodopolopodos
Going Live!1987Self
Hardwicke House1987Gladys
Rockliffe's Babies1987Lorraine Morelli
Casualty1986Mary Taylor
Girls On Top1985Cleaner
Q.E.D.1982
Shine on Harvey Moon1982Veronica
Lovely Couple1979Carole Richards
An Audience with...1978Self