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Pauline Melville

Acting

Born January 1, 1948 · Guyana

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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

Awards & recognition

  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature · 2018

Filmography11 titles

Home Away from Home

1993as Neighbour

Red Dwarf

1988as Barmaid

The Young Ones

1982as Vyvyan's Mum

2point4 Children

1991as Babs

The Long Good Friday

1980as Dora

Shadowlands

1993as Committee Chairwoman

Mona Lisa

1986as George's Wife

Far from the Madding Crowd

1967as Mrs. Tall

How to Get Ahead in Advertising

1989as Sylvia Wallace

Brighton Rock

2010as Mother Superior

Scrubbers

1982as Crow