Pauline Melville
Pauline Melville
Person

Pauline Melville

Actor 1948-01-01 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 Literatur...

Known for

FILMOGRAPHY
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Red Dwarf

Red Dwarf

1988 · Barmaid

The Long Good Friday

The Long Good Friday

1980 · Dora

Shadowlands

Shadowlands

1993 · Committee Chairwoman

Mona Lisa

Mona Lisa

1986 · George's Wife

The Young Ones

The Young Ones

1982 · Vyvyan's Mum

Brighton Rock

Brighton Rock

2010 · Mother Superior

How to Get Ahead in Advertising

How to Get Ahead in Advertising

1989 · Sylvia Wallace

Far from the Madding Crowd

Far from the Madding Crowd

1967 · Mrs. Tall

Britannia Hospital

Britannia Hospital

1982 · Clarissa

Blackadder's Christmas Carol

Blackadder's Christmas Carol

1988 · Mrs Scratchit

Scrubbers

Scrubbers

1982 · Crow

2Point4 Children

2Point4 Children

1991 · Babs

Ulysses

Ulysses

1967 · Prostitute

The Comic Strip Presents...

The Comic Strip Presents...

1982 · Pauline Sneak

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song

2000 · Maisie Kemp

Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule

Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule

2014 · Self

Girls On Top

Girls On Top

1985 · Yvonne

Utz

Utz

1992 · Curator

Alexei Sayle's Stuff

Alexei Sayle's Stuff

1988 · TV