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 Priz...
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Far from the Madding Crowd
As Mrs. Tall
Home Away from Home
As Neighbour
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
As Self
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
As Mrs Scratchit
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song
As Maisie Kemp
Mona Lisa
As George's Wife
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
As Sylvia Wallace
Brighton Rock
As Mother Superior
Scrubbers
As Crow
The House of Bernarda Alba
As Prudencia
The Long Good Friday
As Dora
Shadowlands
As Committee Chairwoman
Utz
As Curator
Ulysses
As Prostitute
Britannia Hospital
As Clarissa
Rat in the Skull
As IRA Woman
Didn't You Kill My Brother?
As Pauline Sneak
Girls On Top
As Yvonne
The Young Ones
As Vyvyan's Mum
Alexei Sayle's Stuff
Spender
As Judge
2Point4 Children
As Babs
Red Dwarf
As Barmaid
Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights
The Comic Strip Presents...
As Pauline Sneak