Pauline Collins

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1940-09-03

Place of Birth

Exmouth, Devon, England, UK

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Pauline Collins, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Acting History

2017
The Time of Their Lives as Priscilla
2016
The Last Dragonslayer as Lady Mawgon
2016
Ernestine & Kit as Ernestine
2015
Dickensian as Mrs Gamp
2015
Dough as Joanna
2012
Quartet as Cissy Robson
2011
Albert Nobbs as Margaret Baker
2011
Mount Pleasant
2010
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger as Cristal
2009
From Time to Time as Mrs. Tweedle
2008
Merlin as Alice
2006
What We Did on Our Holiday as Lil Taylor
2005
Bleak House as Miss Flite
2005
Doctor Who as Queen Victoria
2004
Agatha Christie's Marple as Thyrza Grey
2003
Sparkling Cyanide as Dr. Catherine Kendall
2003
Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War as Thelma Caldicot
2002
Man and Boy as Betty Silver
1998
The Ambassador
1997
Paradise Road as Daisy 'Margaret' Drummond
1996
Flowers of the Forest as Aileen Matthews
1995
My Mother's Courage as Elsa Tabori
1992
City of Joy as Joan Bethel
1989
Shirley Valentine as Shirley Valentine-Bradshaw
1989
Forever Green
1985
Knockback: 2 as Sylvia
1985
Knockback: 1 as Sylvia
1985
Screen Two as Sylvia Barker
1982
Wogan as Self
1979
Long Distance Information as Eileen
1979
Tales of the Unexpected as Eve Peregrine
1979
Tales of the Unexpected as Pat Lewis
1979
Thomas & Sarah
1974
No, Honestly
1974
Wodehouse Playhouse
1974
Wodehouse Playhouse as Susan Blake
1972
King's Cross Lunch Hour as The Girl
1971
Upstairs, Downstairs as Sarah
1969
Wink To Me Only
1968
Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It as Joan Percival
1968
B-And-B
1967
Love Life as Mary Murtagh
1967
Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones as Samantha Briggs
1966
The Three Musketeers as Kitty
1966
The Corridor People as Syrie's Maid
1966
Secrets of a Windmill Girl
1965
BBC Play of the Month as Lady Teazle
1965
BBC Play of the Month as Dawn
1965
Pardon the Expression as Miss Wainwright
1964
The Wednesday Play as Joan Percival
1964
Theatre 625 as Clara
1963
Doctor Who as Samantha Briggs
1962
The Saint as Marie-Therese
1956
Armchair Theatre as Betty
1956
Tony Awards as Self - Winner/Performer
Byrd and the Bees as Beatrice
Mr. Men & Little Miss as Female Voices