Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1948-01-01 (Age: 78)
Place of Birth
Guyana
Pauline Melville
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
Filmography (18)
⭐ 7.5
Role:
Self
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
2014
⭐ 5.7
Role:
Mother Superior
Brighton Rock
2010
⭐ 10.0
Role:
Mrs. Basterd (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bottom Mindless Violence
2004
⭐ 5.2
Role:
Maisie Kemp
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song
2000
⭐ 6.9
Role:
Committee Chairwoman
Shadowlands
1993
⭐ 10.0
Role:
Neighbour
Home Away from Home
1993
⭐ 5.8
Role:
Curator
Utz
1992
⭐ 0
Role:
Prudencia
The House of Bernarda Alba
1991
⭐ 6.3
Role:
Sylvia Wallace
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
1989
⭐ 7.6
Role:
Mrs Scratchit
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
1988
⭐ 0
Role:
Pauline Sneak
Didn't You Kill My Brother?
1988No Image
⭐ 0
Role:
IRA Woman
Rat in the Skull
1987
⭐ 6.9
Role:
George's Wife
Mona Lisa
1986
⭐ 5.2
Role:
Crow
Scrubbers
1982
⭐ 6.3
Role:
Clarissa
