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Pauline Melville
0.2 Popularity
Biography
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
Known For
7.5
Self
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
2014
5.7
Mother Superior
Brighton Rock
2010
7.5
Mrs. Basterd (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bottom Mindless Violence
2004
5.2
Maisie Kemp
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song
2000
6.9
Committee Chairwoman
Shadowlands
1993
0.0
Neighbour
Home Away from Home
1993
5.4
Curator
Utz
1992
0.0
Prudencia
The House of Bernarda Alba
1991
7.2
Babs
2Point4 Children
1991
7.0
Judge
Spender
1991
Credits
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
as Self
2014
7.5
Brighton Rock
as Mother Superior
2010
5.7
Bottom Mindless Violence
as Mrs. Basterd (archive footage) (uncredited)
2004
7.5
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song
as Maisie Kemp
2000
5.2
Shadowlands
as Committee Chairwoman
1993
6.9
Home Away from Home
as Neighbour
1993
0.0
Utz
as Curator
1992
5.4
The House of Bernarda Alba
as Prudencia
1991
0.0
2Point4 Children
as Babs
1991
7.2
Spender
as Judge
1991
7.0
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
as Sylvia Wallace
1989
6.2
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
as Mrs Scratchit
1988
7.6
Alexei Sayle's Stuff
1988
6.5
Didn't You Kill My Brother?
as Pauline Sneak
1988
0.0
Red Dwarf
as Barmaid
1988
8.1
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Rat in the Skull
as IRA Woman
1987
0.0
Mona Lisa
as George's Wife
1986
6.9
Girls On Top
as Yvonne
1985
4.3
The Young Ones
as Vyvyan's Mum
1982
7.9
The Young Ones
as Woman on Bus
1982
7.9
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Pauline Sneak
1982
7.4
Scrubbers
as Crow
1982
5.0
Britannia Hospital
as Clarissa
1982
6.2
The Long Good Friday
as Dora
1980
7.2
Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights
1980
6.0
Far from the Madding Crowd
as Mrs. Tall
1967
6.8
Ulysses
as Prostitute
1967
5.8