Pauline Quirke
Acting • Born 1959-07-08
Biography
Pauline Perpetua Quirke is a retired English television and film actress, best known for her role as Sharon in the long-running BBC comedy series "Birds of a Feather". In 2025, Quirke's husband announced that she would be retiring from all professional and commercial duties due to a diagnosis of dementia which she had received in 2021.
Filmography
70 credits
Little Dorrit
Movie • 1987
Maggy
Checkout Girl
Movie • 2000
Lynda
Arthur's Dyke
Movie • 2001
Janet
Getting It Right
Movie • 1989
Muriel Sutton
Parkinson at 50
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
Jenny Can't Work Any Faster
Movie • 1975
Jenny
Our Boy
Movie • 1998
Sonia
An Audience with Bob Monkhouse
Movie • 1994
The Canterville Ghost
Movie • 1997
Madame Murielle
Sunshine in Brixton
Movie • 1976
Marilyn
Carrie's War
Movie • 2004
Distant Voices, Still Lives
Movie • 1988
Doreen
The Elephant Man
Movie • 1980
2nd Whore
Junket 89
Movie • 1970
Beasts: Special Offer
Movie • 1976
Noreen Beale
The Trouble with 2B
Movie • 1972
The Trouble with 2b: Part Three, Trial of Strength
Movie • 1972
The Trouble with 2b: Part Four, Parents' Day
Movie • 1972
The Trouble with 2b: Part One, Happy Days
Movie • 1972
Molly
The Trouble with 2b: Part Six, Blackboard Jungle
Movie • 1972
The Trouble with 2b: Part Five, Thirty Years Younger
Movie • 1972
The Thieving Headmistress
Movie • 2006
Colleen McCabe
Last Christmas
Movie • 1999
Gwen
Malachi's Cove
Movie • 1973
Girl in Store
The Return of the Soldier
Movie • 1983
Girl Searching in Hospital
Eleanor
Movie • 1974
Eleanor
Life After Death
Movie • 1982
Checkout Girl
Name for the Day
Movie • 1980
Ann
Baby Talk
Movie • 1981
Tessa
Skins
TV • 2007
DS Blunt
Soccer AM
TV • 1995
Self
Going Live!
TV • 1987
Self
Birds of a Feather
TV • 1989
Sharon Theodopolopodos
Softly, Softly
TV • 1966
Girls On Top
TV • 1985
Cleaner
Office Gossip
TV • 2001
Emmerdale
TV • 1972
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
TV • 2000
Beasts
TV • 1976
Noreen Beale
Angels
TV • 1975
North & South
TV • 2004
Dixon
Play for Today
TV • 1970
Eleanor
Down to Earth
TV • 2000
Faith Addis
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
TV • 2007
Self
Being April
TV • 2002
April
Celebrity Masterchef
TV • 2006
As Seen on TV
TV • 2009
You Must Be Joking!
TV • 1975
Missing
TV • 2009
Pauline's Quirkes
TV • 1976
Maisie Raine
TV • 1998
D.I. Maisie Raine
Shadows
TV • 1975
Dawn
Q.E.D.
TV • 1982
Broadchurch
TV • 2013
Susan Wright
Casualty
TV • 1986
Mary Taylor
An Audience with...
TV • 1978
Self
Casualty
TV • 1986
Jackie Rogers
The Sculptress
TV • 1996
Olive Martin
Murder in Mind
TV • 2001
Jane Saunders
You, Me and the Apocalypse
TV • 2015
Paula
David Copperfield
TV • 1999
Peggotty
Ready, Steady, Cook
TV • 1994
Self - Guest
Play for Today
TV • 1970
Ann
Play for Today
TV • 1970
Tessa
Shine on Harvey Moon
TV • 1982
Veronica
The Good Sex Guide
TV • 1993
Self
Rockliffe's Babies
TV • 1987
Lorraine Morelli
Hardwicke House
TV • 1987
Gladys
The Duchess of Duke Street
TV • 1976
Pearl
Lovely Couple
TV • 1979
Carole Richards