Pauline Melville
Actor
- Born
- January 1, 1948 (age 78) · Guyana
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
The Long Good Friday
November 1, 1980
Shadowlands
December 25, 1993
Mona Lisa
June 13, 1986
Brighton Rock
September 13, 2010
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
May 5, 1989
Far from the Madding Crowd
June 18, 1967
Britannia Hospital
May 27, 1982
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
December 23, 1988
Scrubbers
September 24, 1982
Ulysses
March 14, 1967
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song
July 12, 2000
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
December 20, 2014
Acting18
- 2014Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule as Self
- 2010Brighton Rock as Mother Superior
- 2004Bottom Mindless Violence as Mrs. Basterd (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2000The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song as Maisie Kemp
- 1993Shadowlands as Committee Chairwoman
- 1993Home Away from Home as Neighbour
- 1992Utz as Curator
- 1991The House of Bernarda Alba as Prudencia
- 1989How to Get Ahead in Advertising as Sylvia Wallace
- 1988