
Pauline Collins
Biography
Pauline Angela Collins, OBE (3 September 1940 - 5 November 2025) was an English actress of the stage, television, and film. She first came to prominence portraying Sarah Moffat in Upstairs, Downstairs and its spin-off Thomas & Sarah during the 1970s. She later drew acclaim for playing the title role in the play Shirley Valentine for which she received Laurence Olivier, Tony, and Drama Desk awards. She reprised the role in a 1989 film adaptation, winning a BAFTA and garnering Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations.
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Acting History
2017
The Time of Their Lives as Priscilla
2016The Last Dragonslayer as Lady Mawgon
2016Ernestine & Kit as Ernestine
2015Dickensian as Mrs Gamp
2015Dough as Joanna
2012Quartet as Cissy Robson
2011Albert Nobbs as Margaret Baker
2011Mount Pleasant
2010You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger as Cristal
2009From Time to Time as Mrs. Tweedle
2008Merlin as Alice
2006What We Did on Our Holiday as Lil Taylor
2005Bleak House as Miss Flite
2005Doctor Who as Queen Victoria
2004Agatha Christie's Marple as Thyrza Grey
2003Sparkling Cyanide as Dr. Catherine Kendall
2003Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War as Thelma Caldicot
2002Man and Boy as Betty Silver
1998The Ambassador
1997Paradise Road as Daisy 'Margaret' Drummond
1996Flowers of the Forest as Aileen Matthews
1995My Mother's Courage as Elsa Tabori
1992City of Joy as Joan Bethel
1989Shirley Valentine as Shirley Valentine-Bradshaw
1989Forever Green
1985Knockback: 2 as Sylvia
1985Knockback: 1 as Sylvia
1985Screen Two as Sylvia Barker
1982Wogan as Self
1979Long Distance Information as Eileen
1979Tales of the Unexpected as Eve Peregrine
1979Tales of the Unexpected as Pat Lewis
1979Thomas & Sarah
1974No, Honestly
1974Wodehouse Playhouse
1974Wodehouse Playhouse as Susan Blake
1972King's Cross Lunch Hour as The Girl
1971Upstairs, Downstairs as Sarah
1969Wink To Me Only
1968Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It as Joan Percival
1968B-And-B
1967Love Life as Mary Murtagh
1967Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones as Samantha Briggs
1966The Three Musketeers as Kitty
1966The Corridor People as Syrie's Maid
1966Secrets of a Windmill Girl
1965BBC Play of the Month as Lady Teazle
1965BBC Play of the Month as Dawn
1965Pardon the Expression as Miss Wainwright
1964The Wednesday Play as Joan Percival
1964Theatre 625 as Clara
1963Doctor Who as Samantha Briggs
1962The Saint as Marie-Therese
1956Armchair Theatre as Betty
1956Tony Awards as Self - Winner/Performer
—Byrd and the Bees as Beatrice
—Mr. Men & Little Miss as Female Voices








