Person
Pauline Collins
Acting · 1940–2025 · Exmouth, Devon, England, UK
Biography
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.
Known for
Tony Awards
Self - Winner / Performer
Doctor Who
Queen Victoria
Doctor Who
Samantha Briggs
Agatha Christie's Marple
Thyrza Grey
Wogan
Self
Merlin
Alice
Theatre 625
Clara
The Saint
Marie-Therese
BBC Play of the Month
Lady Teazle
Screen Two
Sylvia Barker
Filmography
- 2017The Time of Their LivesPriscilla
- 2016The Last DragonslayerLady Mawgon
- 2016Ernestine & KitErnestine
- 2015DickensianMrs Gamp
- 2015DoughJoanna
- 2012QuartetCissy Robson
- 2011Albert NobbsMargaret Baker
- 2011Mount Pleasant
- 2010You Will Meet a Tall Dark StrangerCristal
- 2009From Time to TimeMrs. Tweedle
- 2008MerlinAlice
- 2006What We Did on Our HolidayLil Taylor
- 2005Bleak HouseMiss Flite
- 2005Doctor WhoQueen Victoria
- 2004Agatha Christie's MarpleThyrza Grey
- 2003Sparkling CyanideDr. Catherine Kendall
- 2003Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage WarThelma Caldicot
- 2002Man and BoyBetty Silver
- 1998The Ambassador
- 1997Paradise RoadDaisy 'Margaret' Drummond
- 1996Flowers of the ForestAileen Matthews
- 1995My Mother's CourageElsa Tabori
- 1992City of JoyJoan Bethel
- 1989Shirley ValentineShirley Valentine-Bradshaw
- 1989Forever Green
- 1985The Black TowerMaggie Hewson
- 1985Knockback: 2Sylvia
- 1985Knockback: 1Sylvia
- 1985Screen TwoSylvia Barker
- 1983Little MissFemale Voices
- 1982WoganSelf
- 1979Long Distance InformationEileen
- 1979Tales of the UnexpectedEve Peregrine
- 1979Thomas & Sarah
- 1974No, Honestly
- 1974Wodehouse Playhouse
- 1973Armchair 30Carol
- 1972Crippled BloomRuby
- 1972Country MattersRuby
- 1972King's Cross Lunch HourThe Girl
- 1971Upstairs, DownstairsSarah
- 1969Wink To Me Only
- 1968Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After ItJoan Percival
- 1968B-And-B
- 1967Love LifeMary Murtagh
- 1967TrappedJacky
- 1967Doctor Who: The Faceless OnesSamantha Briggs
- 1966The Three MusketeersKitty
- 1966The Corridor PeopleSyrie's Maid
- 1966Secrets of a Windmill Girl
- 1965BBC Play of the MonthLady Teazle
- 1965Thirty-Minute TheatreThe Girl
- 1965Pardon the ExpressionMiss Wainwright
- 1964The Wednesday PlayJoan Percival
- 1964Theatre 625Clara
- 1963Doctor WhoSamantha Briggs
- 1962The SaintMarie-Therese
- 1956Armchair TheatreBetty
- 1956Tony AwardsSelf - Winner / Performer
- —Byrd and the BeesBeatrice
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