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Pauline Melville
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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 2
TMDB ID: 31951
IMDb ID: nm0578501
Known for: Acting
Born: January 1, 1948
Age: 78
Place of birth: Guyana
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1967 - 2014
Years active: 48
Average TMDB rating: 6.77
Wikidata: Q3372750
Frequent jobs
Writer (2)
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
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as Crow
Scrubbers
1982 • Movie
as Dora
The Long Good Friday
1980 • Movie
as Mrs. Tall
Far from the Madding Crowd
1967 • Movie
as Committee Chairwoman
Shadowlands
1993 • Movie
as Mother Superior
Brighton Rock
2010 • Movie
as George's Wife
Mona Lisa
1986 • Movie
as Mrs Scratchit
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
1988 • Movie
as IRA Woman
Rat in the Skull
1987 • Movie
as Clarissa
Britannia Hospital
1982 • Movie
as Sylvia Wallace
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
1989 • Movie
as Maisie Kemp
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song
2000 • Movie
as Prostitute
Ulysses
1967 • Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Pauline Melville.
as Barmaid • 1 eps
Red Dwarf
1988 • Series
Writer • 1 eps
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982 • Series
as Vyvyan's Mum • 2 eps
The Young Ones
1982 • Series
as Babs • 1 eps
2Point4 Children
1991 • Series
as Judge • 1 eps
Spender
1991 • Series
as Yvonne • 3 eps
Girls On Top
1985 • Series
1 eps
Alexei Sayle's Stuff
1988 • Series
2 eps
Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights
1980 • Series
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Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Pauline Melville.
as Self
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
2014 • Movie
as Mother Superior
Brighton Rock
2010 • Movie
as Mrs. Basterd (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bottom Mindless Violence
2004 • Movie
as Maisie Kemp
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song
2000 • Movie
as Committee Chairwoman
Shadowlands
1993 • Movie
as Neighbour
Home Away from Home
1993 • Movie
as Curator
Utz
1992 • Movie
as Prudencia
The House of Bernarda Alba
1991 • Movie
as Sylvia Wallace
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
1989 • Movie
as Mrs Scratchit
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
1988 • Movie
as Pauline Sneak
Didn't You Kill My Brother?
1988 • Movie
as IRA Woman
Rat in the Skull
1987 • Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Pauline Melville.
as Babs • 1 eps
2Point4 Children
1991 • Series
as Judge • 1 eps
Spender
1991 • Series
1 eps
Alexei Sayle's Stuff
1988 • Series
as Barmaid • 1 eps
Red Dwarf
1988 • Series
as Yvonne • 3 eps
Girls On Top
1985 • Series
as Vyvyan's Mum • 2 eps
The Young Ones
1982 • Series
as Pauline Sneak • 1 eps
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982 • Series
2 eps
Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights
1980 • Series