Acting · Guyana · Born January 1, 1948
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
MovieRik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
2014
as Self
MovieBrighton Rock
2010
as Mother Superior
MovieBottom Mindless Violence
2004
as Mrs. Basterd (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieThe Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song
2000
as Maisie Kemp
MovieShadowlands
1993
as Committee Chairwoman
MovieHome Away from Home
1993
as Neighbour
MovieUtz
1992
as Curator
MovieThe House of Bernarda Alba
1991
as Prudencia
TV2Point4 Children
1991
as Babs
TVSpender
1991
as Judge
MovieHow to Get Ahead in Advertising
1989
as Sylvia Wallace
MovieBlackadder's Christmas Carol
1988
as Mrs Scratchit
TVAlexei Sayle's Stuff
1988
MovieDidn't You Kill My Brother?
1988
as Pauline Sneak
TVRed Dwarf
1988
as Barmaid
Rat in the Skull
1987
as IRA Woman
MovieMona Lisa
1986
as George's Wife
TVGirls On Top
1985
as Yvonne
TVThe Young Ones
1982
as Vyvyan's Mum
TVThe Comic Strip Presents...
1982
as Pauline Sneak
MovieScrubbers
1982
as Crow
MovieBritannia Hospital
1982
as Clarissa
MovieThe Long Good Friday
1980
as Dora
TVBoom Boom... Out Go the Lights
1980
MovieFar from the Madding Crowd
1967
as Mrs. Tall
MovieUlysses
1967
as Prostitute
