Pauline Melville
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
Acting
TV
Red Dwarf
as Barmaid
1988
Movie
The Long Good Friday
as Dora
1980
Movie
Shadowlands
as Committee Chairwoman
1993
Movie
Mona Lisa
as George's Wife
1986
TV
The Young Ones
as Vyvyan's Mum
1982
TV
The Young Ones
as Woman on Bus
1982
Movie
Brighton Rock
as Mother Superior
2010
Movie
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
as Sylvia Wallace
1989
Movie
Far from the Madding Crowd
as Mrs. Tall
1967
Movie
Britannia Hospital
as Clarissa
1982
Movie
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
as Mrs Scratchit
1988
Movie
Scrubbers
as Crow
1982
Movie
Ulysses
as Prostitute
1967
TV
2Point4 Children
as Babs
1991
TV
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Pauline Sneak
1982
Movie
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song
as Maisie Kemp
2000
Movie
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
as Self
2014
TV
Girls On Top
as Yvonne
1985
Movie
Utz
as Curator
1992
TV
Alexei Sayle's Stuff
1988
TV
Spender
as Judge
1991
TV
Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights
1980
Movie
Home Away from Home
as Neighbour
1993
Movie
Bottom Mindless Violence
as Mrs. Basterd (archive footage) (uncredited)
2004
