About

Known credits:
19
Birthday:
1948-01-01
Place of birth:
Guyana
Website:
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Pauline Melville

Overview

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

Acting
2014 Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule Actor Self 59
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2010 Brighton Rock Actor Mother Superior 58
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2000 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song Actor Maisie Kemp 58
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1993 Shadowlands Actor Committee Chairwoman 62
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1993 Home Away from Home Actor Neighbour N/A
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1992 Utz Actor Curator 59
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1991 The House of Bernarda Alba Actor Prudencia N/A
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1989 How to Get Ahead in Advertising Actor Sylvia Wallace 59
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1988 Blackadder's Christmas Carol Actor Mrs Scratchit 59
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1988 Didn't You Kill My Brother? Actor Pauline Sneak N/A
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1987 Rat in the Skull Actor IRA Woman N/A
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1986 Mona Lisa Actor George's Wife 62
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1982 Scrubbers Actor Crow 58
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1982 Britannia Hospital Actor Clarissa 59
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1980 The Long Good Friday Actor Dora 63
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1980 Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights Actor N/A
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1967 Far from the Madding Crowd Actor Mrs. Tall 60
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1967 Ulysses Actor Prostitute 59
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Writing
1988 Didn't You Kill My Brother? Writing Writer N/A
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