Pauline Collins

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Pauline Collins

Acting September 3, 1940

Exmouth, Devon, England, UK

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…

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Doctor Who

Doctor Who

7.6 2005 TV Show
Doctor Who

Doctor Who

7.9 1963 TV Show
Merlin

Merlin

7.8 2008 TV Show
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

5.9 2010 Movie
Albert Nobbs

Albert Nobbs

6.3 2011 Movie
Wogan

Wogan

5.3 1982 TV Show
Tales of the Unexpected

Tales of the Unexpected

6.7 1979 TV Show
Agatha Christie's Marple

Agatha Christie's Marple

7.8 2004 TV Show
Tony Awards

Tony Awards

1956 TV Show
Quartet

Quartet

6.5 2012 Movie
The Saint

The Saint

7.4 1962 TV Show
BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

5.2 1965 TV Show

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2017
    The Time of Their Lives

    Movie Priscilla

  2. 2016
    The Last Dragonslayer

    Movie Lady Mawgon

  3. 2016
    Ernestine & Kit

    Movie Ernestine

  4. 2015
    Dickensian

    TV show Mrs Gamp

  5. 2015
    Dough

    Movie Joanna

  6. 2012
    Quartet

    Movie Cissy Robson

  7. 2011
    Albert Nobbs

    Movie Margaret Baker

  8. 2011
    Mount Pleasant

    TV show

  9. 2010
    You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

    Movie Cristal

  10. 2009
    From Time to Time

    Movie Mrs. Tweedle

  11. 2008
    Merlin

    TV show Alice

  12. 2006
    What We Did on Our Holiday

    Movie Lil Taylor

  13. 2005
    Bleak House

    TV show Miss Flite

  14. 2005
    Doctor Who

    TV show Queen Victoria

  15. 2004
    Agatha Christie's Marple

    TV show Thyrza Grey

  16. 2003
    Sparkling Cyanide

    Movie Dr. Catherine Kendall

More credits
  1. 2002
    Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War

    Movie Thelma Caldicot

  2. 2002
    Man and Boy

    Movie Betty Silver

  3. 2000
    Little Grey Rabbit

    TV show

  4. 1998
    The Ambassador

    TV show

  5. 1997
    Paradise Road

    Movie Daisy 'Margaret' Drummond

  6. 1996
    Flowers of the Forest

    Movie Aileen Matthews

  7. 1995
    My Mother's Courage

    Movie Elsa Tabori

  8. 1992
    City of Joy

    Movie Joan Bethel

  9. 1989
    Shirley Valentine

    Movie Shirley Valentine-Bradshaw

  10. 1989
    Forever Green

    TV show

  11. 1985
    The Black Tower

    TV show Maggie Hewson

  12. 1985
    Knockback: 2

    Movie Sylvia

  13. 1985
    Knockback: 1

    Movie Sylvia

  14. 1985
    Screen Two

    TV show Sylvia Barker

  15. 1983
    Little Miss

    TV show Female Voices

  16. 1982
    Wogan

    TV show Self

  17. 1979
    Long Distance Information

    Movie Eileen

  18. 1979
    Tales of the Unexpected

    TV show Eve Peregrine

  19. 1979
    Thomas & Sarah

    TV show Sarah Moffat

  20. 1974
    No, Honestly

    TV show

  21. 1974
    Wodehouse Playhouse

    TV show

  22. 1973
    Armchair 30

    TV show Carol

  23. 1972
    Crippled Bloom

    Movie Ruby

  24. 1972
    Country Matters

    TV show Ruby