Actor

Pauline Melville

January 1, 1948 · 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

Notable work

8.1
Red Dwarf (1988)
as Barmaid
7.2
The Long Good Friday (1980)
as Dora
6.9
Shadowlands (1993)
as Committee Chairwoman
6.9
Mona Lisa (1986)
as George's Wife

Often works with

Robbie Coltrane
6 titles together
Mona Lisa, The Young Ones, Britannia Hospital
Alexei Sayle
4 titles together
The Young Ones, The Comic Strip Presents..., Alexei Sayle's Stuff
Adrian Edmondson
3 titles together
The Young Ones, The Comic Strip Presents..., Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights
Rik Mayall
3 titles together
The Young Ones, The Comic Strip Presents..., Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights
Nigel Planer
3 titles together
The Young Ones, The Comic Strip Presents..., Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights
Dawn French
3 titles together
The Young Ones, The Comic Strip Presents..., Girls On Top

Full filmography · 24

Brighton Rock
as Mother Superior
20105.7
Bottom Mindless Violence
as Mrs. Basterd (archive footage) (uncredited)
2004
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song
as Maisie Kemp
2000
Shadowlands
as Committee Chairwoman
19936.9
Home Away from Home
as Neighbour
1993
Utz
as Curator
1992
The House of Bernarda Alba
as Prudencia
1991
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
as Sylvia Wallace
19896.3
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
as Mrs Scratchit
19887.4
Didn't You Kill My Brother?
as Pauline Sneak and Writer
1988
Mona Lisa
as George's Wife
19866.9
Scrubbers
as Crow
19825.2