Pauline Melville
January 1, 1948 (76 years old) in Guyana
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
Credits
- 2014 · Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule as Self
- 2010 · Brighton Rock as Mother Superior
- 2000 · The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song as Maisie Kemp
- 1993 · Shadowlands as Committee Chairwoman
- 1993 · Home Away from Home as Neighbour
- 1992 · Utz as Curator
- 1991 · The House of Bernarda Alba as Prudencia
- 1991 · 2Point4 Children as Babs
- 1991 · Spender as Judge
- 1989 · How to Get Ahead in Advertising as Sylvia Wallace
- 1988 · Blackadder's Christmas Carol as Mrs Scratchit
- 1988 · Alexei Sayle's Stuff as
- 1988 · Didn't You Kill My Brother? as Pauline Sneak
- 1988 · Red Dwarf as Barmaid
- 1987 · Rat in the Skull as IRA Woman
- 1986 · Mona Lisa as George's Wife
- 1985 · Girls On Top as Yvonne
- 1983 · Blackadder as Mrs Scratchit
- 1982 · The Young Ones as Vyvyan's Mum
- 1982 · The Young Ones as Woman on Bus
- 1982 · The Comic Strip Presents... as Pauline Sneak
- 1982 · Scrubbers as Crow
- 1982 · Britannia Hospital as Clarissa
- 1980 · The Long Good Friday as Dora
- 1980 · Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights as
- 1967 · Far from the Madding Crowd as Mrs. Tall
- 1967 · Ulysses as Prostitute