Person

Pauline Melville

Acting · Born 1948-01-01 · 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

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  Red Dwarf

  Barmaid

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  The Comic Strip Presents...

  Pauline Sneak

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  2Point4 Children

  Babs

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  The Young Ones

  Vyvyan's Mum

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  Spender

  Judge

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  The Long Good Friday

  Dora

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  Girls On Top

  Yvonne

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  Mona Lisa

  George's Wife

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  Far from the Madding Crowd

  Mrs. Tall

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  Shadowlands

  Committee Chairwoman

• 2014Rik Mayall: Lord of MisruleSelf
• 2010Brighton RockMother Superior
• 2004Bottom Mindless ViolenceMrs. Basterd (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2000The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet SongMaisie Kemp
• 1993ShadowlandsCommittee Chairwoman
• 1993Home Away from HomeNeighbour
• 1992UtzCurator
• 1991The House of Bernarda AlbaPrudencia
• 19912Point4 ChildrenBabs
• 1991SpenderJudge
• 1989How to Get Ahead in AdvertisingSylvia Wallace
• 1988Blackadder's Christmas CarolMrs Scratchit
• 1988Alexei Sayle's Stuff
• 1988Didn't You Kill My Brother?Pauline Sneak
• 1988Red DwarfBarmaid
• 1987Rat in the SkullIRA Woman
• 1986Mona LisaGeorge's Wife
• 1985Girls On TopYvonne
• 1982The Young OnesVyvyan's Mum
• 1982The Comic Strip Presents...Pauline Sneak
• 1982ScrubbersCrow
• 1982Britannia HospitalClarissa
• 1980The Long Good FridayDora
• 1980Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights
• 1967Far from the Madding CrowdMrs. Tall
• 1967UlyssesProstitute