Pauline Melville
Known For
Acting
Born
1948-01-01 in Guyana
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
Most Known For
Red Dwarf
as Barmaid
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Pauline Sneak
The Young Ones
as Vyvyan's Mum
The Young Ones
as Woman on Bus
2Point4 Children
as Babs
Alexei Sayle's Stuff
The Long Good Friday
as Dora
Spender
as Judge
Girls On Top
as Yvonne
Mona Lisa
as George's Wife
Brighton Rock
as Mother Superior
Shadowlands
as Committee Chairwoman
Far from the Madding Crowd
as Mrs. Tall
Britannia Hospital
as Clarissa
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
as Sylvia Wallace
Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song
as Maisie Kemp
Scrubbers
as Crow
Ulysses
as Prostitute
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
as Mrs Scratchit