
Actor
Pauline Melville
Born 1948 · Guyana
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
Acting

Red Dwarf
Barmaid · 1988

The Long Good Friday
Dora · 1980

The Young Ones
Vyvyan's Mum · 1982

Shadowlands
Committee Chairwoman · 1993

Mona Lisa
George's Wife · 1986

Far from the Madding Crowd
Mrs. Tall · 1967

How to Get Ahead in Advertising
Sylvia Wallace · 1989

Britannia Hospital
Clarissa · 1982

Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Mrs Scratchit · 1988

Brighton Rock
Mother Superior · 2010

The Comic Strip Presents...
Pauline Sneak · 1982

2Point4 Children
Babs · 1991

Bottom Mindless Violence
Mrs. Basterd (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2004

Home Away from Home
Neighbour · 1993

Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
Self · 2014

Ulysses
Prostitute · 1967

Spender
Judge · 1991

Scrubbers
Crow · 1982

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song
Maisie Kemp · 2000

Utz
Curator · 1992

Girls On Top
Yvonne · 1985
Rat in the Skull
IRA Woman · 1987

The House of Bernarda Alba
Prudencia · 1991

Didn't You Kill My Brother?
Pauline Sneak · 1988