Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
January 1, 1948
Place of Birth:
Guyana
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Pauline Melville
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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule | Self |
| 2010 | Brighton Rock | Mother Superior |
| 2000 | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song | Maisie Kemp |
| 1993 | Home Away from Home | Neighbour |
| 1993 | Shadowlands | Committee Chairwoman |
| 1992 | Utz | Curator |
| 1991 | The House of Bernarda Alba | Prudencia |
| 1989 | How to Get Ahead in Advertising | Sylvia Wallace |
| 1988 | Blackadder's Christmas Carol | Mrs Scratchit |
| 1988 | Didn't You Kill My Brother? | Pauline Sneak |
| 1987 | Rat in the Skull | IRA Woman |
| 1986 | Mona Lisa | George's Wife |
| 1982 | Scrubbers | Crow |
| 1982 | Britannia Hospital | Clarissa |
| 1980 | The Long Good Friday | Dora |
| 1967 | Far from the Madding Crowd | Mrs. Tall |
| 1967 | Ulysses | Prostitute |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Spender | Judge |
| 1991 | 2Point4 Children | Babs |
| 1988 | Alexei Sayle's Stuff | |
| 1988 | Red Dwarf | Barmaid |
| 1985 | Girls On Top | Yvonne |
| 1982 | The Young Ones | Vyvyan's Mum |
| 1982 | The Young Ones | Woman on Bus |
| 1982 | The Comic Strip Presents... | Pauline Sneak |
| 1980 | Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights |