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Acting
Birthday
September 3, 1940
Died
November 5, 2025
Place of Birth
Exmouth, Devon, England, UK
Pauline Collins
1.0 Popularity
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.
Known For
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Priscilla
The Time of Their Lives
2017
5.9
Lady Mawgon
The Last Dragonslayer
2016
0.0
Ernestine
Ernestine & Kit
2016
7.4
Mrs Gamp
Dickensian
2015
5.8
Joanna
Dough
2015
6.5
Cissy Robson
Quartet
2012
6.3
Margaret Baker
Albert Nobbs
2011
5.6
Mount Pleasant
2011
5.9
Cristal
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
2010
6.3
Mrs. Tweedle
From Time to Time
2009
Credits
The Time of Their Lives
as Priscilla
2017
5.0
The Last Dragonslayer
as Lady Mawgon
2016
5.9
Ernestine & Kit
as Ernestine
2016
0.0
Dickensian
as Mrs Gamp
2015
7.4
Dough
as Joanna
2015
5.8
Quartet
as Cissy Robson
2012
6.5
Albert Nobbs
as Margaret Baker
2011
6.3
Mount Pleasant
2011
5.6
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
as Cristal
2010
5.9
From Time to Time
as Mrs. Tweedle
2009
6.3
Merlin
as Alice
2008
7.8
🎬
What We Did on Our Holiday
as Lil Taylor
2006
0.0
Bleak House
as Miss Flite
2005
8.1
Doctor Who
as Queen Victoria
2005
7.6
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Thyrza Grey
2004
7.8
Sparkling Cyanide
as Dr. Catherine Kendall
2003
4.7
Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War
as Thelma Caldicot
2003
7.4
Man and Boy
as Betty Silver
2002
4.5
The Ambassador
1998
6.0
Paradise Road
as Daisy 'Margaret' Drummond
1997
6.4
Flowers of the Forest
as Aileen Matthews
1996
0.0
My Mother's Courage
as Elsa Tabori
1995
5.1
City of Joy
as Joan Bethel
1992
6.6
Shirley Valentine
as Shirley Valentine-Bradshaw
1989
6.2
Forever Green
1989
6.0
Knockback: 2
as Sylvia
1985
0.0
Knockback: 1
as Sylvia
1985
7.5
Screen Two
as Sylvia Barker
1985
6.8
Wogan
as Self
1982
4.5
Long Distance Information
as Eileen
1979
0.0
Tales of the Unexpected
as Eve Peregrine
1979
6.7
Tales of the Unexpected
as Pat Lewis
1979
6.7
Thomas & Sarah
1979
5.5
No, Honestly
1974
5.0
Wodehouse Playhouse
1974
6.0
Wodehouse Playhouse
as Susan Blake
1974
6.0
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King's Cross Lunch Hour
as The Girl
1972
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Upstairs, Downstairs
as Sarah
1971
7.8
🎬
Wink To Me Only
1969
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Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It
as Joan Percival
1968
0.0
🎬
B-And-B
1968
0.0
🎬
Love Life
as Mary Murtagh
1967
0.0
Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones
as Samantha Briggs
1967
7.8
The Three Musketeers
as Kitty
1966
5.0
The Corridor People
as Syrie's Maid
1966
4.0
Secrets of a Windmill Girl
1966
2.5
BBC Play of the Month
as Lady Teazle
1965
5.0
BBC Play of the Month
as Dawn
1965
5.0
🎬
Pardon the Expression
as Miss Wainwright
1965
6.0
The Wednesday Play
as Joan Percival
1964
4.5
Theatre 625
as Clara
1964
7.2
Doctor Who
as Samantha Briggs
1963
7.9
The Saint
as Marie-Therese
1962
7.4
Armchair Theatre
as Betty
1956
5.8
Tony Awards
as Self - Winner/Performer
1956
5.9
Byrd and the Bees
as Beatrice
N/A
0.0
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Mr. Men & Little Miss
as Female Voices
N/A
0.0