Pauline Collins
Known for: Acting
Born: September 3, 1940
Died: November 5, 2025
Place of birth: Exmouth, Devon, England, UK
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 Academy Award nominations. Description above from the Wikipedia article Pauline Collins, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
27 movies · 34 TV shows, newest first
5.0
The Time of Their Lives
2017
5.9
The Last Dragonslayer
2016
NR
Ernestine & Kit
2016
7.4
Dickensian
2015
5.8
Dough
2015
6.5
Quartet
2012
6.3
Albert Nobbs
2011
5.6
Mount Pleasant
2011
5.9
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
2010
6.3
From Time to Time
2009
7.8
Merlin
2008NR
What We Did on Our Holiday
2006
8.1
Bleak House
2005
7.6
Doctor Who
2005
7.8
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
5.0
Sparkling Cyanide
2003
7.5
Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War
2003
5.4
Man and Boy
2002
6.5
The Ambassador
1998
6.3
Paradise Road
1997
7.0
Flowers of the Forest
1996
5.7
My Mother's Courage
1995
6.6
City of Joy
1992
6.3
Shirley Valentine
1989
6.7
Forever Green
1989
7.2
The Black Tower
1985
9.0
Knockback: 2
19857.5
Knockback: 1
1985
7.1
Screen Two
1985
NR
Little Miss
1983
5.3
Wogan
1982
10.0
Long Distance Information
1979
6.8
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
6.0
Thomas & Sarah
1979
6.5
No, Honestly
1974
7.0
Wodehouse Playhouse
1974NR
Armchair 30
1973NR
Crippled Bloom
1972
4.6
Country Matters
19727.0
King's Cross Lunch Hour
1972
7.8
Upstairs, Downstairs
1971NR
Wink To Me Only
1969
10.0
Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It
19689.0
B-And-B
1968NR
Love Life
1967NR
Trapped
1967
7.9
Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones
1967
6.0
The Three Musketeers
1966
5.0
The Corridor People
1966
3.6
Secrets of a Windmill Girl
1966
5.2
BBC Play of the Month
1965
4.3
Thirty-Minute Theatre
19657.0
Blackmail
19657.0
Pardon the Expression
1965
5.2
The Wednesday Play
1964
7.2
Theatre 625
1964
7.9
Doctor Who
1963
7.4
The Saint
1962
6.0
Armchair Theatre
1956
NR
Tony Awards
1956
NR
Byrd and the Bees
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