Pauline Melville

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Pauline Melville

Acting 78 January 1, 1948

Guyana

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 pr…

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Red Dwarf

Red Dwarf

8.1 1988 TV Show
The Long Good Friday

The Long Good Friday

7.2 1980 Movie
Shadowlands

Shadowlands

6.9 1993 Movie
Mona Lisa

Mona Lisa

6.9 1986 Movie
The Young Ones

The Young Ones

7.9 1982 TV Show
The Comic Strip Presents...

The Comic Strip Presents...

7.4 1982 TV Show
Brighton Rock

Brighton Rock

5.7 2010 Movie
How to Get Ahead in Advertising

How to Get Ahead in Advertising

6.3 1989 Movie
Far from the Madding Crowd

Far from the Madding Crowd

6.9 1967 Movie
Britannia Hospital

Britannia Hospital

6.2 1982 Movie
2Point4 Children

2Point4 Children

7.3 1991 TV Show
Spender

Spender

7.3 1991 TV Show

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2014
    Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule

    Movie Self

  2. 2010
    Brighton Rock

    Movie Mother Superior

  3. 2004
    Bottom Mindless Violence

    Movie Mrs. Basterd (archive footage) (uncredited)

  4. 2000
    The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song

    Movie Maisie Kemp

  5. 1993
    Shadowlands

    Movie Committee Chairwoman

  6. 1993
    Home Away from Home

    Movie Neighbour

  7. 1992
    Utz

    Movie Curator

  8. 1991
    The House of Bernarda Alba

    Movie Prudencia

  9. 1991
    2Point4 Children

    TV show Babs

  10. 1991
    Spender

    TV show Judge

  11. 1989
    How to Get Ahead in Advertising

    Movie Sylvia Wallace

  12. 1988
    Blackadder's Christmas Carol

    Movie Mrs Scratchit

  13. 1988
    Alexei Sayle's Stuff

    TV show

  14. 1988
    Didn't You Kill My Brother?

    Movie Pauline Sneak

  15. 1988
    Red Dwarf

    TV show Barmaid

  16. 1987
    Rat in the Skull

    Movie IRA Woman

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  1. 1986
    Mona Lisa

    Movie George's Wife

  2. 1985
    Girls On Top

    TV show Yvonne

  3. 1982
    The Young Ones

    TV show Vyvyan's Mum

  4. 1982
    The Comic Strip Presents...

    TV show Pauline Sneak

  5. 1982
    Scrubbers

    Movie Crow

  6. 1982
    Britannia Hospital

    Movie Clarissa

  7. 1980
    The Long Good Friday

    Movie Dora

  8. 1980
    Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights

    TV show

  9. 1967
    Far from the Madding Crowd

    Movie Mrs. Tall

  10. 1967
    Ulysses

    Movie Prostitute