Pauline Melville
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1948-01-01
Place of birth: Guyana
Biography
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
Known for
Far from the Madding Crowd
1967Mrs. Tall
Home Away from Home
1993Neighbour
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
2014Self
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
1988Mrs Scratchit
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song
2000Maisie Kemp
Mona Lisa
1986George's Wife
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
1989Sylvia Wallace
Brighton Rock
2010Mother Superior
Scrubbers
1982Crow
The House of Bernarda Alba
1991Prudencia
The Long Good Friday
1980Dora
Britannia Hospital
1982Clarissa
Ulysses
1967Prostitute
Shadowlands
1993Committee Chairwoman
Utz
1992CuratorRat in the Skull
1987IRA Woman
Didn't You Kill My Brother?
1988Pauline Sneak