Pauline Quirke
Known for: Acting
Born: July 8, 1959
Place of birth: Hackney, London, England, UK
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.
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Filmography
29 movies · 43 TV shows, newest first
10.0
Parkinson at 50
2021
6.8
You, Me and the Apocalypse
2015
7.5
Tipping Point: Lucky Stars
2013
7.9
Broadchurch
2013NR
As Seen on TV
2009
1.5
Missing
20094.5
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007
8.1
Skins
2007
6.1
Celebrity Masterchef
2006
7.0
The Thieving Headmistress
2006
8.1
North & South
2004
7.7
Carrie's War
2004
6.0
Being April
2002
6.4
Arthur's Dyke
2001
8.3
Murder in Mind
20018.0
Office Gossip
20016.0
Down to Earth
20006.8
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
20008.0
Checkout Girl
2000
7.1
David Copperfield
1999
4.5
Last Christmas
1999
NR
Maisie Raine
1998
NR
Real Women
1998
6.4
Our Boy
1998
NR
The Canterville Ghost
1997
8.0
The Sculptress
1996
6.3
Soccer AM
1995
8.0
Ready, Steady, Cook
1994
7.3
An Audience with Bob Monkhouse
19944.2
The Good Sex Guide
1993
6.3
Birds of a Feather
1989NR
Challenge Anneka
1989
6.8
Getting It Right
1989
6.9
Distant Voices, Still Lives
1988
6.4
Little Dorrit
1987
8.0
Going Live!
1987
5.2
Hardwicke House
1987
5.8
Rockliffe's Babies
1987
6.2
Casualty
1986
4.9
Girls On Top
1985
6.2
The Return of the Soldier
1983
7.1
Q.E.D.
1982
NR
Life After Death
1982
7.7
Shine on Harvey Moon
1982
7.0
Baby Talk
1981
7.0
Name for the Day
1980
8.1
The Elephant Man
1980
NR
The Further Adventures of Oliver Twist
1980
8.0
Lovely Couple
1979
5.3
An Audience with...
19785.0
Pauline's Quirkes
1976
8.0
Beasts: Special Offer
1976
6.4
Beasts
1976
8.0
The Duchess of Duke Street
1976
NR
Sunshine in Brixton
1976
6.0
Plays for Britain
1976
NR
Jenny Can't Work Any Faster
1975
6.8
Shadows
1975
4.5
Angels
1975NR
You Must Be Joking!
1975
NR
Eleanor
1974
6.8
Malachi's Cove
1973
4.3
Emmerdale
1972NR
The Trouble with 2B
1972NR
The Trouble with 2b: Part Three, Trial of Strength
1972NR
The Trouble with 2b: Part Six, Blackboard Jungle
1972NR
The Trouble with 2b: Part Four, Parents' Day
1972NR
The Trouble with 2b: Part One, Happy Days
1972NR
The Trouble with 2b: Part Five, Thirty Years Younger
1972
6.6
Play for Today
1970
6.4
Junket 89
1970
7.5
Softly, Softly
1966