Pauline Melville

Acting·Jan 1, 1948·Guyana

Rate

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

Film	Credit
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule2014 · Self	Self
Brighton Rock2010 · Mother Superior	Mother Superior
Bottom Mindless Violence2004 · Mrs. Basterd (archive footage) (uncredited)	Mrs. Basterd (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song2000 · Maisie Kemp	Maisie Kemp
Shadowlands1993 · Committee Chairwoman	Committee Chairwoman
Home Away from Home1993 · Neighbour	Neighbour
Utz1992 · Curator	Curator
The House of Bernarda Alba1991 · Prudencia	Prudencia
How to Get Ahead in Advertising1989 · Sylvia Wallace	Sylvia Wallace
Blackadder's Christmas Carol1988 · Mrs Scratchit	Mrs Scratchit
Didn't You Kill My Brother?1988 · Pauline Sneak, Writer	Pauline Sneak, Writer
RRat in the Skull1987 · IRA Woman	IRA Woman
Mona Lisa1986 · George's Wife	George's Wife
Scrubbers1982 · Crow	Crow
Britannia Hospital1982 · Clarissa	Clarissa
The Long Good Friday1980 · Dora	Dora
Far from the Madding Crowd1967 · Mrs. Tall	Mrs. Tall
Ulysses1967 · Prostitute	Prostitute