
Pauline Collins
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 Aca…
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Filmography
Acting (60)
Movies (27)
The Time of Their Lives
2017as Priscilla
Ernestine & Kit
2016as Ernestine
The Last Dragonslayer
2016as Lady Mawgon
Dough
2015as Joanna
Quartet
2012as Cissy Robson
Albert Nobbs
2011as Margaret Baker
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
2010as Cristal
From Time to Time
2009as Mrs. Tweedle
What We Did on Our Holiday
2006as Lil Taylor
Sparkling Cyanide
2003as Dr. Catherine Kendall
Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War
2003as Thelma Caldicot
Man and Boy
2002as Betty Silver
Paradise Road
1997as Daisy 'Margaret' Drummond
Flowers of the Forest
1996as Aileen Matthews
My Mother's Courage
1995as Elsa Tabori
City of Joy
1992as Joan Bethel
Shirley Valentine
1989as Shirley Valentine-Bradshaw
Knockback: 1
1985as Sylvia
Knockback: 2
1985as Sylvia
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1979as Eileen
King's Cross Lunch Hour
1972as The Girl
Crippled Bloom
1972as Ruby
Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It
1968as Joan Percival
Love Life
1967as Mary Murtagh
Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones
1967as Samantha Briggs
Secrets of a Windmill Girl
1966
Byrd and the Bees
as Beatrice
Television (33)
Dickensian
2015as Mrs Gamp
Mount Pleasant
2011
Merlin
2008as Alice
Doctor Who
2005as Queen Victoria
Bleak House
2005as Miss Flite
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004as Thyrza Grey
The Ambassador
1998
Forever Green
1989
Screen Two
1985as Sylvia Barker
The Black Tower
1985as Maggie Hewson
The Black Tower
1985as Maggie Hewson
Little Miss
1983as Female Voices
Wogan
1982as Self
Tales of the Unexpected
1979as Pat Lewis
Thomas & Sarah
1979
Wodehouse Playhouse
1974
Wodehouse Playhouse
1974as Susan Blake
No, Honestly
1974
Country Matters
1972as Ruby
Upstairs, Downstairs
1971
Upstairs, Downstairs
1971as Sarah
Wink To Me Only
1969B-And-B
1968
The Three Musketeers
1966as Kitty
The Corridor People
1966as Syrie's Maid
BBC Play of the Month
1965as Dawn
Pardon the Expression
1965as Miss Wainwright
The Wednesday Play
1964as Joan Percival
Theatre 625
1964as Clara
Doctor Who
1963as Samantha Briggs
The Saint
1962as Marie-Therese
Tony Awards
1956as Self - Winner/Performer
Armchair Theatre
1956as Betty
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