Pauline Melville

Pauline Melville

Acting

Birthday

1948/01/01 (77 years old)

Gender

Female

Place of Birth

Guyana

Also know as

--

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

Acting
Far from the Madding Crowd
6.9

(1967) Far from the Madding Crowd

as Mrs. Tall

Home Away from Home
0.0

(1993) Home Away from Home

as Neighbour

Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
7.5

(2014) Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule

as Self

Blackadder's Christmas Carol
7.8

(1988) Blackadder's Christmas Carol

as Mrs Scratchit

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song
4.8

(2002) The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song

as Maisie Kemp

Mona Lisa
6.9

(1986) Mona Lisa

as George's Wife

How to Get Ahead in Advertising
6.3

(1989) How to Get Ahead in Advertising

as Sylvia Wallace

Brighton Rock
5.7

(2010) Brighton Rock

as Mother Superior

Scrubbers
5.3

(1982) Scrubbers

as Crow

The House of Bernarda Alba
0.0

(1991) The House of Bernarda Alba

as Prudencia

The Long Good Friday
7.1

(1980) The Long Good Friday

as Dora

Britannia Hospital
6.4

(1982) Britannia Hospital

as Clarissa

Ulysses
6.0

(1967) Ulysses

as Prostitute

Shadowlands
6.9

(1993) Shadowlands

as Committee Chairwoman

Utz
5.4

(1992) Utz

as Curator

0.0

(1987) Rat in the Skull

as IRA Woman

Didn't You Kill My Brother?
0.0

(1988) Didn't You Kill My Brother?

as Pauline Sneak

Girls On Top
4.8

(1985) Girls On Top

as Yvonne

The Young Ones
7.9

(1982) The Young Ones

as Vyvyan's Mum

The Young Ones
7.9

(1982) The Young Ones

as Woman on Bus

Alexei Sayle's Stuff
6.5

(1988) Alexei Sayle's Stuff

as ---

Spender
7.0

(1991) Spender

as Judge

2point4 Children
7.2

(1991) 2Point4 Children

as Babs

Red Dwarf
8.1

(1988) Red Dwarf

as Barmaid

Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights
6.0

(1980) Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights

as ---

The Comic Strip Presents...
7.4

(1982) The Comic Strip Presents...

as Pauline Sneak

Blackadder
8.0

(1983) Blackadder

as Mrs Scratchit