Person Details
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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
(1993) Committee ChairwomanThe Long Good Friday
(1980) DoraMona Lisa
(1986) George's WifeFar from the Madding Crowd
(1967) Mrs. TallBrighton Rock
(2010) Mother SuperiorSpender
(1991) JudgeThe Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song
(2000) Maisie KempScrubbers
(1982) CrowActing
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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2010 | Mother Superior | |
2000 | Maisie Kemp | |
1993 | Committee Chairwoman | |
Neighbour | ||
1992 | Curator | |
1991 | Prudencia | |
Babs | ||
Judge | ||
1989 | Sylvia Wallace | |
1988 | Mrs Scratchit | |
N/A | ||
Pauline Sneak | ||
Barmaid | ||
1987 | IRA Woman | |
1986 | George's Wife | |
1985 | N/A | |
1982 | Woman on Bus | |
Vyvyan's Mum | ||
Pauline Sneak | ||
Crow | ||
Clarissa | ||
1980 | Dora | |
N/A | ||
1967 | Mrs. Tall | |
Prostitute | ||
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Writing
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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1988 | Writer | |
1982 | Writer | |
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |