Pauline Melville
Acting
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
Filmography 26
Movies (18)
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule2014Self
Brighton Rock2010Mother Superior
Bottom Mindless Violence2004Mrs. Basterd (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song2000Maisie Kemp
Shadowlands1993Committee Chairwoman
Home Away from Home1993Neighbour
Utz1992Curator
The House of Bernarda Alba1991Prudencia
How to Get Ahead in Advertising1989Sylvia Wallace
Blackadder's Christmas Carol1988Mrs Scratchit
Didn't You Kill My Brother?1988Pauline Sneak- Rat in the Skull1987IRA Woman
Mona Lisa1986George's Wife
Scrubbers1982Crow
Britannia Hospital1982Clarissa
The Long Good Friday1980Dora
Far from the Madding Crowd1967Mrs. Tall
Ulysses1967Prostitute
Shows (8)
2Point4 Children1991Babs
Spender1991Judge
Alexei Sayle's Stuff1988
Red Dwarf1988Barmaid
Girls On Top1985Yvonne
The Young Ones1982Vyvyan's Mum
The Comic Strip Presents...1982Pauline Sneak
Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights1980