Person Details

Birthday: 1948-01-01 17:39:00

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Guyana

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Movie Involvements: 13

TV Involvements: 2


Most Famous Work

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

Most Famous Work

Shadowlands
Average
7

Shadowlands

(1993) Committee Chairwoman
The Long Good Friday
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7

The Long Good Friday

(1980) Dora
Mona Lisa
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7

Mona Lisa

(1986) George's Wife
Far from the Madding Crowd
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7

Far from the Madding Crowd

(1967) Mrs. Tall
Brighton Rock
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6

Brighton Rock

(2010) Mother Superior
Spender
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8

Spender

(1991) Judge
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song
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5
Scrubbers
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5

Scrubbers

(1982) Crow

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