Pauline Melville
Born
January 1, 1948 (77 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
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 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
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
Self
2014
Brighton Rock
Mother Superior
2010
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song
Maisie Kemp
2000
Shadowlands
Committee Chairwoman
1993
Home Away from Home
Neighbour
1993
Utz
Curator
1992
The House of Bernarda Alba
Prudencia
1991
2Point4 Children
Babs · (1 episode)
1991
Spender
Judge · (1 episode)
1991
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
Sylvia Wallace
1989
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Mrs Scratchit
1988
Alexei Sayle's Stuff
(1 episode)
1988
Didn't You Kill My Brother?
Pauline Sneak
1988
Red Dwarf
Barmaid · (1 episode)
1988
Rat in the Skull
IRA Woman
1987
Mona Lisa
George's Wife
1986
Girls On Top
Yvonne · (3 episodes)
1985
The Young Ones
Vyvyan's Mum · (2 episodes)
1982
The Young Ones
Woman on Bus · (1 episode)
1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
Pauline Sneak · (1 episode)
1982
Scrubbers
Crow
1982
Britannia Hospital
Clarissa
1982
The Long Good Friday
Dora
1980
Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights
(2 episodes)
1980
Far from the Madding Crowd
Mrs. Tall
1967
Ulysses
Prostitute
1967