Pauline Quirke
July 8, 1959 (66 years old) in Hackney, London, England, UK
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2021 · Parkinson at 50 as Self (archive footage)
- 2015 · You, Me and the Apocalypse as Paula
- 2013 · Broadchurch as Susan Wright
- 2009 · As Seen on TV as
- 2009 · Missing as
- 2007 · The Alan Titchmarsh Show as Self
- 2007 · Skins as DS Blunt
- 2006 · Celebrity Masterchef as
- 2006 · The One Show as Self
- 2006 · The Thieving Headmistress as Colleen McCabe
- 2004 · North & South as Dixon
- 2004 · Carrie's War as
- 2002 · Being April as April
- 2001 · Arthur's Dyke as Janet
- 2001 · Murder in Mind as Jane Saunders
- 2001 · Office Gossip as
- 2000 · Down to Earth as Faith Addis
- 2000 · Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) as
- 2000 · Checkout Girl as Lynda
- 1999 · David Copperfield as Peggotty
- 1999 · Last Christmas as Gwen
- 1998 · Maisie Raine as D.I. Maisie Raine
- 1998 · Our Boy as Sonia
- 1997 · The Canterville Ghost as Madame Murielle
- 1996 · The Sculptress as Olive Martin
- 1995 · Soccer AM as Self
- 1994 · Ready Steady Cook as Self - Guest
- 1994 · An Audience with Bob Monkhouse as
- 1993 · The Good Sex Guide as Self
- 1989 · Birds of a Feather as Sharon Theodopolopodos
- 1989 · Getting It Right as Muriel Sutton
- 1988 · Distant Voices, Still Lives as Doreen
- 1987 · Little Dorrit as Maggy
- 1987 · Going Live! as Self
- 1987 · Rockliffe's Babies as
- 1986 · Casualty as Mary Taylor
- 1986 · Casualty as Jackie Rogers
- 1985 · Girls On Top as Cleaner
- 1983 · The Return of the Soldier as Girl Searching in Hospital
- 1982 · Q.E.D. as
- 1982 · Life After Death as Checkout Girl
- 1982 · Shine on Harvey Moon as Veronica
- 1981 · Baby Talk as Tessa
- 1980 · Name for the Day as Ann
- 1980 · The Elephant Man as 2nd Whore
- 1979 · Lovely Couple as
- 1978 · An Audience with... as Self
- 1976 · Pauline's Quirkes as
- 1976 · Beasts as Noreen Beale
- 1976 · Beasts: Special Offer as Noreen Beale
- 1976 · The Duchess of Duke Street as
- 1976 · Sunshine in Brixton as Marilyn
- 1975 · Jenny Can't Work Any Faster as Jenny
- 1975 · Shadows as Dawn
- 1975 · Angels as
- 1975 · You Must Be Joking! as
- 1974 · Eleanor as Eleanor
- 1973 · Malachi's Cove as Girl in Store
- 1972 · Emmerdale as
- 1972 · The Trouble with 2b: Part One, Happy Days as Molly
- 1972 · The Trouble with 2b: Part Three, Trial of Strength as
- 1972 · The Trouble with 2B as
- 1972 · The Trouble with 2b: Part Six, Blackboard Jungle as
- 1972 · The Trouble with 2b: Part Four, Parents' Day as
- 1972 · The Trouble with 2b: Part Five, Thirty Years Younger as
- 1970 · Play for Today as Eleanor
- 1970 · Play for Today as Ann
- 1970 · Play for Today as Tessa
- 1970 · Junket 89 as
- 1966 · Softly, Softly as