Pauline Quirke

Actor Jul 8 (age 67) Hackney, London, England, UK 1966–2021 (55 year career)

6.4 avg rating

Biography

Pauline Perpetua Quirke is a retired English television and film actress, best known for her role as Sharon in the long-running BBC comedy series "Birds of a Feather". In 2025, Quirke's husband announced that she would be retiring from all professional and commercial duties due to a diagnosis of dementia which she had received in 2021.

Known For

Film

The Elephant Man

2nd Whore

Film

Broadchurch

Susan Wright

Film

North & South

Dixon

Film

Distant Voices, Still Lives

Doreen

Film

David Copperfield

Peggotty

Film

Birds of a Feather

Sharon Theodopolopodos

Film

Emmerdale

4.3 1972

Film

The Return of the Soldier

Girl Searching in Hospital

Filmography

Acting (74)

Movies (29)

Parkinson at 50

2021

as Self (archive footage)

10.0

The Thieving Headmistress

as Colleen McCabe

Carrie's War

Arthur's Dyke

as Janet

Checkout Girl

as Lynda

Last Christmas

as Gwen

Our Boy

as Sonia

The Canterville Ghost

1997

as Madame Murielle

An Audience with Bob Monkhouse

Getting It Right

as Muriel Sutton

Distant Voices, Still Lives

as Doreen

Little Dorrit

as Maggy

The Return of the Soldier

1983

as Girl Searching in Hospital

6.2

Life After Death

1982

as Checkout Girl

Baby Talk

as Tessa

The Elephant Man

as 2nd Whore

Name for the Day

as Ann

Sunshine in Brixton

as Marilyn

Beasts: Special Offer

1976

as Noreen Beale

Jenny Can't Work Any Faster

1975

as Jenny

Eleanor

1974

as Eleanor

Malachi's Cove

1973

as Girl in Store

6.1

The Trouble with 2B

1972

The Trouble with 2b: Part One, Happy Days

1972

as Molly

The Trouble with 2b: Part Four, Parents' Day

1972

The Trouble with 2b: Part Six, Blackboard Jungle

1972

The Trouble with 2b: Part Five, Thirty Years Younger

1972

The Trouble with 2b: Part Three, Trial of Strength

1972

Junket 89

1970

6.4

Television (45)

You, Me and the Apocalypse

as Paula

Broadchurch

as Susan Wright

Broadchurch

as Susan Wright

Tipping Point: Lucky Stars

as Self - Contestant

Missing

As Seen on TV

Skins

as DS Blunt

The Alan Titchmarsh Show

as Self

Celebrity Masterchef

North & South

as Dixon

Being April

as April

Murder in Mind

as Jane Saunders

Office Gossip

Down to Earth

as Faith Addis

Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

David Copperfield

as Peggotty

Maisie Raine

as D.I. Maisie Raine

Real Women

1998

as Mandy Evans

The Sculptress

as Olive Martin

Soccer AM

as Self

Ready, Steady, Cook

as Self - Participant

The Good Sex Guide

1993

as Self

3.5

Birds of a Feather

1989

as Sharon Theodopolopodos

6.3

Challenge Anneka

1989

as Self

Going Live!

as Self

Rockliffe's Babies

as Lorraine Morelli

Hardwicke House

as Gladys

Casualty

as Mary Taylor

Girls On Top

as Cleaner

Shine on Harvey Moon

as Veronica

Q.E.D.

The Story of the Treasure Seekers

1982

as Eliza

9.0

The Further Adventures of Oliver Twist

1980

as Charlotte

Lovely Couple

An Audience with...

as Self

The Duchess of Duke Street

as Pearl

Beasts

as Noreen Beale

Plays for Britain

as Marilyn

Pauline's Quirkes

Angels

Shadows

as Dawn

You Must Be Joking!

Emmerdale

Play for Today

as Eleanor

Softly, Softly