- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- January 1, 1948
- Place of Birth
- Guyana
Pauline Melville
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
movieRik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
2014 · Self
movieBrighton Rock
2010 · Mother Superior
movieBottom Mindless Violence
2004 · Mrs. Basterd (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieThe Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song
2000 · Maisie Kemp
movieShadowlands
1993 · Committee Chairwoman
movieHome Away from Home
1993 · Neighbour
movieUtz
1992 · Curator
movieThe House of Bernarda Alba
1991 · Prudencia
tv2Point4 Children
1991 · Babs
tvSpender
1991 · Judge
movieHow to Get Ahead in Advertising
1989 · Sylvia Wallace
movieBlackadder's Christmas Carol
1988 · Mrs Scratchit
tvAlexei Sayle's Stuff
1988
movieDidn't You Kill My Brother?
1988 · Pauline Sneak, Writer
tvRed Dwarf
1988 · Barmaid
Rat in the Skull
movieRat in the Skull
1987 · IRA Woman
movieMona Lisa
1986 · George's Wife
tvGirls On Top
1985 · Yvonne
tvThe Young Ones
1982 · Vyvyan's Mum, Woman on Bus
tvThe Comic Strip Presents...
1982 · Pauline Sneak, Writer
movieScrubbers
1982 · Crow
movieBritannia Hospital
1982 · Clarissa
movieThe Long Good Friday
1980 · Dora
tvBoom Boom... Out Go the Lights
1980
movieFar from the Madding Crowd
1967 · Mrs. Tall
movieUlysses
1967 · Prostitute