Pauline Collins
Acting • Born 1940-09-03 – Died 2025-11-05
Biography
Pauline Angela Collins, OBE (3 September 1940 - 5 November 2025) was an English actress of the stage, television, and film. She first came to prominence portraying Sarah Moffat in Upstairs, Downstairs and its spin-off Thomas & Sarah during the 1970s. She later drew acclaim for playing the title role in the play Shirley Valentine for which she received Laurence Olivier, Tony, and Drama Desk awards. She reprised the role in a 1989 film adaptation, winning a BAFTA and garnering Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations. Description above from the Wikipedia article Pauline Collins, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
60 credits
Ernestine & Kit
Movie • 2016
Ernestine
What We Did on Our Holiday
Movie • 2006
Lil Taylor
Sparkling Cyanide
Movie • 2003
Dr. Catherine Kendall
Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War
Movie • 2003
Thelma Caldicot
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Movie • 2010
Cristal
Man and Boy
Movie • 2002
Betty Silver
Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It
Movie • 1968
Joan Percival
Knockback: 1
Movie • 1985
Sylvia
Knockback: 2
Movie • 1985
Sylvia
City of Joy
Movie • 1992
Joan Bethel
Shirley Valentine
Movie • 1989
Shirley Valentine-Bradshaw
From Time to Time
Movie • 2009
Mrs. Tweedle
Albert Nobbs
Movie • 2011
Margaret Baker
Paradise Road
Movie • 1997
Daisy 'Margaret' Drummond
Quartet
Movie • 2012
Cissy Robson
Flowers of the Forest
Movie • 1996
Aileen Matthews
Byrd and the Bees
Movie
Beatrice
My Mother's Courage
Movie • 1995
Elsa Tabori
Secrets of a Windmill Girl
Movie • 1966
Dough
Movie • 2015
Joanna
Love Life
Movie • 1967
Mary Murtagh
The Time of Their Lives
Movie • 2017
Priscilla
The Last Dragonslayer
Movie • 2016
Lady Mawgon
Long Distance Information
Movie • 1979
Eileen
Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones
Movie • 1967
Samantha Briggs
King's Cross Lunch Hour
Movie • 1972
The Girl
Crippled Bloom
Movie • 1972
Ruby
B-And-B
TV • 1968
Doctor Who
TV • 1963
Samantha Briggs
Thomas & Sarah
TV • 1979
Tales of the Unexpected
TV • 1979
Eve Peregrine
Bleak House
TV • 2005
Miss Flite
The Saint
TV • 1962
Marie-Therese
The Ambassador
TV • 1998
Wodehouse Playhouse
TV • 1974
No, Honestly
TV • 1974
Wogan
TV • 1982
Self
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Lady Teazle
Wink To Me Only
TV • 1969
Forever Green
TV • 1989
Doctor Who
TV • 2005
Queen Victoria
Mount Pleasant
TV • 2011
The Corridor People
TV • 1966
Syrie's Maid
Dickensian
TV • 2015
Mrs Gamp
Agatha Christie's Marple
TV • 2004
Thyrza Grey
The Wednesday Play
TV • 1964
Joan Percival
Merlin
TV • 2008
Alice
Upstairs, Downstairs
TV • 1971
Sarah
Tales of the Unexpected
TV • 1979
Pat Lewis
Screen Two
TV • 1985
Sylvia Barker
Mr. Men & Little Miss
TV
Female Voices
Pardon the Expression
TV • 1965
Miss Wainwright
Armchair Theatre
TV • 1956
Betty
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Dawn
The Three Musketeers
TV • 1966
Kitty
Theatre 625
TV • 1964
Clara
Wodehouse Playhouse
TV • 1974
Susan Blake
The Wednesday Play
TV • 1964
Angelina
Country Matters
TV • 1972
Ruby
The Black Tower
TV • 1985
Maggie Hewson