Pauline Collins

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1940-09-03 (85 years old)

Place of Birth

Exmouth, Devon, England, UK

Pauline Collins

Biography

Pauline Angela Collins, OBE (born 3 September 1940) is 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.

Acting

2016

Ernestine & Kit

as Ernestine

2003

Sparkling Cyanide

as Dr. Catherine Kendall

2003

Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War

as Thelma Caldicot

2002

Man and Boy

as Betty Silver

1985

Knockback: 1

as Sylvia

1985

Knockback: 2

as Sylvia

1992

City of Joy

as Joan Bethel

1989

Shirley Valentine

as Shirley Valentine-Bradshaw

2009

From Time to Time

as Mrs. Tweedle

2011

Albert Nobbs

as Margaret Baker

1997

Paradise Road

as Daisy 'Margaret' Drummond

2012

Quartet

as Cissy Robson

1996

Flowers of the Forest

as Aileen Matthews

-

1995

My Mother's Courage

as Elsa Tabori

2015

Dough

as Joanna

1967

Love Life

as Mary Murtagh

2017

2016

The Last Dragonslayer

as Lady Mawgon

1967

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