Pauline Collins
Acting
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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Movies (27)
The Time of Their Lives2017Priscilla
The Last Dragonslayer2016Lady Mawgon
Ernestine & Kit2016Ernestine
Dough2015Joanna
Quartet2012Cissy Robson
Albert Nobbs2011Margaret Baker
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger2010Cristal
From Time to Time2009Mrs. Tweedle- What We Did on Our Holiday2006Lil Taylor
Sparkling Cyanide2003Dr. Catherine Kendall
Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War2003Thelma Caldicot
Man and Boy2002Betty Silver
Paradise Road1997Daisy 'Margaret' Drummond
Flowers of the Forest1996Aileen Matthews
My Mother's Courage1995Elsa Tabori
City of Joy1992Joan Bethel
Shirley Valentine1989Shirley Valentine-Bradshaw
Knockback: 21985Sylvia- Knockback: 11985Sylvia
Long Distance Information1979Eileen- Crippled Bloom1972Ruby
- King's Cross Lunch Hour1972The Girl
Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It1968Joan Percival- Love Life1967Mary Murtagh
Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones1967Samantha Briggs
Secrets of a Windmill Girl1966
Byrd and the BeesBeatrice
Shows (33)
Dickensian2015Mrs Gamp
Mount Pleasant2011
Merlin2008Alice
Bleak House2005Miss Flite
Doctor Who2005Queen Victoria
Agatha Christie's Marple2004Thyrza Grey
The Ambassador1998
Forever Green1989
The Black Tower1985Maggie Hewson
Screen Two1985Sylvia Barker
Little Miss1983Female Voices
Wogan1982Self
Tales of the Unexpected1979Eve Peregrine
Thomas & Sarah1979
No, Honestly1974
Wodehouse Playhouse1974- Armchair 301973Carol
Country Matters1972Ruby
Upstairs, Downstairs1971Sarah- Wink To Me Only1969
- B-And-B1968
- Trapped1967Jacky
The Three Musketeers1966Kitty
The Corridor People1966Syrie's Maid
BBC Play of the Month1965Lady Teazle
Thirty-Minute Theatre1965The Girl- Pardon the Expression1965Miss Wainwright
The Wednesday Play1964Joan Percival
Theatre 6251964Clara
Doctor Who1963Samantha Briggs