Pauline Melville
Actor, Writer
January 1, 1948 (78 years)
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
| 2010 | Brighton Rock · as Mother Superior |
| 2004 | Bottom Mindless Violence · as Mrs. Basterd (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 2000 | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song · as Maisie Kemp |
| 1994 | Home Away from Home · as Neighbour |
| 1993 | Shadowlands · as Committee Chairwoman |
| 1992 | Utz · as Curator |
| 1992 | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles · as Maisie Kemp |
| 1991 | Ghostwriter (1992) · as Wise Rita |
| 1991 | The House of Bernarda Alba · as Prudencia |
| 1991 | 2 Point 4 Children · as Babs |
| 1991 | Spender · as Judge |
| 1989 | How to Get Ahead in Advertising · as Sylvia Wallace |
| 1989 | Desmond's · as Mrs. Martin |
| 1988 | Blackadder's Christmas Carol · as Mrs Scratchit |
| 1988 | |
| 1988 | Red Dwarf · as Barmaid |
| 1986 | Mona Lisa · as George's Wife |
| 1985 | Girls on Top · as Yvonne |
| 1985 | Happy Families · as Warder |
| 1985 | White City · as Woman In Dole Office |
| 1984 | The Bill · as Mrs. Austin |
| 1984 | Alas Smith and Jones · as Cast |
| 1982 | The Young Ones · as Vyvyan's Mum |
| 1982 | The Comic Strip Presents... · as Pauline Sneak |
| 1982 | Scrubbers · as Crow |
| 1982 | Britannia Hospital · as Clarissa |
| 1980 | The Long Good Friday · as DoraOn Plex |
| 1967 | Far from the Madding Crowd · as Mrs. Tall |
| 1967 | Ulysses · as Prostitute |
| 2023 | Margaret Thatcher, l'inoxydable · as Self |
| 2014 | Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule · as Self |
| 2009 | The Satanic Verses Affair · as Self - Friend & Writer |