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Pauline Collins

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Pauline Collins

Born September 3, 1940 in Exmouth, Devon, England, UKDied November 5, 202527 films

Pauline Angela Collins, OBE (3 September 1940 - 5 November 2025) was an English actress of the stage, television, and film. She first came to prominence portraying Sarah Moffat in Upstairs, Downstairs and its spin-off Thomas & Sarah during the 1970s. She later drew acclaim for playing the title role in the play Shirley Valentine for which she received Laurence Olivier, Tony, and Drama Desk awards. She reprised the role in a 1989 film adaptation, winning a BAFTA and garnering Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations.

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You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger poster5.9You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger2010Albert Nobbs poster6.3Albert Nobbs2011Quartet poster6.5Quartet2012From Time to Time poster6.3From Time to Time2009Shirley Valentine poster6.3Shirley Valentine1989Paradise Road poster6.3Paradise Road1997Dough poster5.8Dough2015The Last Dragonslayer poster5.9The Last Dragonslayer2016

Filmography

27 films as actor
  1. TBAByrd and the BeesBeatrice
  2. 2017The Time of Their LivesPriscilla
  3. 2016The Last DragonslayerLady Mawgon
  4. 2016Ernestine & KitErnestine
  5. 2015DoughJoanna
  6. 2012QuartetCissy Robson
  7. 2011Albert NobbsMargaret Baker
  8. 2010You Will Meet a Tall Dark StrangerCristal
  9. 2009From Time to TimeMrs. Tweedle
  10. 2006What We Did on Our HolidayLil Taylor
  11. 2003Sparkling CyanideDr. Catherine Kendall
  12. 2002Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage WarThelma Caldicot
  13. 2002Man and BoyBetty Silver
  14. 1997Paradise RoadDaisy 'Margaret' Drummond
  15. 1996Flowers of the ForestAileen Matthews
  16. 1995My Mother's CourageElsa Tabori
  17. 1992City of JoyJoan Bethel
  18. 1989Shirley ValentineShirley Valentine-Bradshaw
  19. 1985Knockback: 2Sylvia
  20. 1985Knockback: 1Sylvia
  21. 1979Long Distance InformationEileen
  22. 1972Crippled BloomRuby
  23. 1972King's Cross Lunch HourThe Girl
  24. 1968Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After ItJoan Percival
  25. 1967Love LifeMary Murtagh
  26. 1967Doctor Who: The Faceless OnesSamantha Briggs
  27. 1966Secrets of a Windmill Girl