Pauline Collins
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.
Known For
All Movies (27)
- The Time of Their Lives2017 · as Priscilla
- The Last Dragonslayer2016 · as Lady Mawgon
- Ernestine & Kit2016 · as Ernestine
- Dough2015 · as Joanna
- Quartet2012 · as Cissy Robson
- Albert Nobbs2011 · as Margaret Baker
- You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger2010 · as Cristal
- From Time to Time2009 · as Mrs. Tweedle
- What We Did on Our Holiday2006 · as Lil Taylor
- Sparkling Cyanide2003 · as Dr. Catherine Kendall
- Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War2003 · as Thelma Caldicot
- Man and Boy2002 · as Betty Silver
- Paradise Road1997 · as Daisy 'Margaret' Drummond
- Flowers of the Forest1996 · as Aileen Matthews
- My Mother's Courage1995 · as Elsa Tabori
- City of Joy1992 · as Joan Bethel
- Shirley Valentine1989 · as Shirley Valentine-Bradshaw
- Knockback: 21985 · as Sylvia
- Knockback: 11985 · as Sylvia
- Long Distance Information1979 · as Eileen
- Crippled Bloom1972 · as Ruby
- King's Cross Lunch Hour1972 · as The Girl
- Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It1968 · as Joan Percival
- Love Life1967 · as Mary Murtagh
- Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones1967 · as Samantha Briggs
- Secrets of a Windmill Girl1966
- Byrd and the Bees— · as Beatrice
All TV Shows (38)
- Dickensian2015 · as Mrs Gamp
- Mount Pleasant2011
- Merlin2008 · as Alice
- Bleak House2005 · as Miss Flite
- Doctor Who2005 · as Queen Victoria
- Agatha Christie's Marple2004 · as Thyrza Grey
- The Ambassador1998
- Forever Green1989
- The Black Tower1985 · as Maggie Hewson
- Screen Two1985 · as Sylvia Barker
- Screen Two1985 · as Aileen Matthews
- Little Miss1983 · as Female Voices
- Wogan1982 · as Self
- Tales of the Unexpected1979 · as Eve Peregrine
- Tales of the Unexpected1979 · as Pat Lewis
- Thomas & Sarah1979
- No, Honestly1974
- Wodehouse Playhouse1974
- Wodehouse Playhouse1974 · as Susan Blake
- Armchair 301973 · as Carol
- Country Matters1972 · as Ruby
- Upstairs, Downstairs1971 · as Sarah
- Wink To Me Only1969
- B-And-B1968
- Trapped1967 · as Jacky
- The Three Musketeers1966 · as Kitty
- The Corridor People1966 · as Syrie's Maid
- BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Lady Teazle
- BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Dawn
- Pardon the Expression1965 · as Miss Wainwright
- The Wednesday Play1964 · as Joan Percival
- The Wednesday Play1964 · as Angelina
- Theatre 6251964 · as Clara
- Doctor Who1963 · as Samantha Briggs
- The Saint1962 · as Marie-Therese
- Armchair Theatre1956 · as Betty
- Armchair Theatre1956 · as Mary Murtagh
- Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Winner / Performer