7.6
TV
Acting
Pauline Collins
- Born
- Died
- (aged 85)
- Birthplace
- Exmouth, Devon, England, UK
- Credits
- 62 titles
Biography
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.
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Signature work
Known For
7.6
TV
7.8
TV
Merlin
5.9
Movie
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
7.9
TV
Doctor Who
6.3
Movie
Albert Nobbs
6.5
Movie
Quartet
6.6
Movie
City of Joy
7.9
TV
Agatha Christie's Marple
7.4
TV
The Saint
6.2
Movie
From Time to Time
6.3
Movie
Shirley Valentine
6.3
Movie
Paradise Road
8.0
TV
Bleak House
5.8
Movie
Dough
5.9
Movie
The Last Dragonslayer
6.8
TV
Tales of the Unexpected
7.4
TV
Dickensian
5.0
Movie
The Time of Their Lives
Acting credits 62
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| TBA | Byrd and the Bees Film | Beatrice |
| 2017 | The Time of Their Lives Film | Priscilla |
| 2016 | The Last Dragonslayer Film | Lady Mawgon |
| 2016 | Ernestine & Kit Film | Ernestine |
| 2015 | Dickensian TV | Mrs Gamp (20 ep) |
| 2015 | Dough Film | Joanna |
| 2012 | Quartet Film | Cissy Robson |
| 2011 | Albert Nobbs Film | Margaret Baker |
| 2011 | Mount Pleasant TV | (26 ep) |
| 2010 | You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger Film | Cristal |
| 2009 | From Time to Time Film | Mrs. Tweedle |
| 2008 | Merlin TV | Alice (1 ep) |
| 2006 | What We Did on Our Holiday Film | Lil Taylor |
| 2005 | Bleak House TV | Miss Flite (10 ep) |
| 2005 | Doctor Who TV | Queen Victoria (1 ep) |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie's Marple TV | Thyrza Grey (1 ep) |
| 2003 | Sparkling Cyanide Film | Dr. Catherine Kendall |
| 2002 | Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War Film | Thelma Caldicot |
| 2002 | Man and Boy Film | Betty Silver |
| 2000 | Little Grey Rabbit TV | (26 ep) |
| 1998 | The Ambassador TV | (12 ep) |
| 1997 | Paradise Road Film | Daisy 'Margaret' Drummond |
| 1996 | Flowers of the Forest Film | Aileen Matthews |
| 1995 | My Mother's Courage Film | Elsa Tabori |
| 1992 | City of Joy Film | Joan Bethel |
| 1989 | Shirley Valentine Film | Shirley Valentine-Bradshaw |
| 1989 | Forever Green TV | (18 ep) |
| 1985 | The Black Tower TV | Maggie Hewson (5 ep) |
| 1985 | Knockback: 2 Film | Sylvia |
| 1985 | Knockback: 1 Film | Sylvia |
| 1985 | Screen Two TV | Sylvia Barker, Aileen Matthews (2 ep) |
| 1983 | Little Miss TV | Female Voices (13 ep) |
| 1982 | Wogan TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 1979 | Long Distance Information Film | Eileen |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected TV | Eve Peregrine, Pat Lewis (1 ep) |
| 1979 | Thomas & Sarah TV | Sarah Moffat (13 ep) |
| 1974 | No, Honestly TV | Clara Danby (née Burrell) (13 ep) |
| 1974 | Wodehouse Playhouse TV | Susan Blake (20 ep) |
| 1973 | Armchair 30 TV | Carol (1 ep) |
| 1972 | Crippled Bloom Film | Ruby |
| 1972 | Country Matters TV | Ruby (1 ep) |
| 1972 | King's Cross Lunch Hour Film | The Girl |
| 1971 | Upstairs, Downstairs TV | Sarah (14 ep) |
| 1969 | Wink To Me Only TV | (1 ep) |
| 1968 | Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It Film | Joan Percival |
| 1968 | B and B TV | Chantal |
| 1967 | Love Life Film | Mary Murtagh |
| 1967 | Trapped TV | Jacky (1 ep) |
| 1967 | Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones Film | Samantha Briggs |
| 1966 | The Three Musketeers TV | Kitty (2 ep) |
| 1966 | The Corridor People TV | Syrie's Maid (1 ep) |
| 1966 | Secrets of a Windmill Girl Film | |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month TV | Lady Teazle, Dawn (1 ep) |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre TV | The Girl (1 ep) |
| 1965 | Blackmail TV | Frieda Straker (1 ep) |
| 1965 | Pardon the Expression TV | Miss Wainwright (1 ep) |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play TV | Joan Percival, Angelina (1 ep) |
| 1964 | Theatre 625 TV | Clara (1 ep) |
| 1963 | Doctor Who TV | Samantha Briggs (4 ep) |
| 1962 | The Saint TV | Marie-Therese (1 ep) |