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