Pauline Melville
Actor
Biography
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
Filmography
Shadowlands
as Committee Chairwoman 1993
Mona Lisa
as George's Wife 1986
Brighton Rock
as Mother Superior 2010
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
as Sylvia Wallace 1989
Far from the Madding Crowd
as Mrs. Tall 1967
Britannia Hospital
as Clarissa 1982
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
as Mrs Scratchit 1988
Scrubbers
as Crow 1982
Ulysses
as Prostitute 1967
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song
as Maisie Kemp 2000
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
as Self 2014
Utz
as Curator 1992
Bottom Mindless Violence
as Mrs. Basterd (archive footage) (uncredited) 2004
Home Away from Home
as Neighbour 1993
The House of Bernarda Alba
as Prudencia 1991
Rat in the Skull
as IRA Woman 1987