Pauline Collins
Known for: Acting
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Pauline Collins, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Series
Doctor Who
Queen Victoria
2005
Series
Doctor Who
Samantha Briggs
1963
Series
Wogan
Self
1982
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Winner / Performer
1956
Series
The Wednesday Play
Joan Percival
1964
Series
The Wednesday Play
Angelina
1964
Series
The Saint
Marie-Therese
1962
Series
BBC Play of the Month
Lady Teazle
1965
Series
BBC Play of the Month
Dawn
1965
Series
Merlin
Alice
2008
Series
Agatha Christie's Marple
Thyrza Grey
2004
Series
Screen Two
Sylvia Barker
1985
Series
Screen Two
Aileen Matthews
1985
Series
Tales of the Unexpected
Eve Peregrine
1979
Series
Tales of the Unexpected
Pat Lewis
1979
Series
Theatre 625
Clara
1964
Series
Thirty-Minute Theatre
The Girl
1965
Series
Upstairs, Downstairs
Sarah
1971
Series
Mount Pleasant
2011
Series
Dickensian
Mrs Gamp
2015
Series
Country Matters
Ruby
1972
Series
Bleak House
Miss Flite
2005
Series
The Ambassador
1998
Armchair 30
Carol
1973
Blackmail
Frieda Straker
1965
Series
Wodehouse Playhouse
1974
Series
Wodehouse Playhouse
Susan Blake
1974
Series
No, Honestly
Clara Danby (née Burrell)
1974
Film
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Cristal
2010
Series
Thomas & Sarah
Sarah Moffat
1979
Pardon the Expression
Miss Wainwright
1965
Series
The Three Musketeers
Kitty
1966
Film
City of Joy
Joan Bethel
1992
Series
Forever Green
1989
Trapped
Jacky
1967
Film
Albert Nobbs
Margaret Baker
2011
Series
The Black Tower
Maggie Hewson
1985
Crippled Bloom
Ruby
1972
Film
Quartet
Cissy Robson
2012
Series
Armchair Theatre
Betty
1956
Series
Armchair Theatre
Mary Murtagh
1956
Love Life
Mary Murtagh
1967
Film
Flowers of the Forest
Aileen Matthews
1996
Little Grey Rabbit
2000
Film
From Time to Time
Mrs. Tweedle
2009
Series
The Corridor People
Syrie's Maid
1966
Film
Man and Boy
Betty Silver
2002
Film
Shirley Valentine
Shirley Valentine-Bradshaw
1989
King's Cross Lunch Hour
The Girl
1972
Film
The Last Dragonslayer
Lady Mawgon
2016
Film
Paradise Road
Daisy 'Margaret' Drummond
1997
Series
Little Miss
Female Voices
1983
Film
Dough
Joanna
2015
Film
The Time of Their Lives
Priscilla
2017
Wink To Me Only
1969
Film
Sparkling Cyanide
Dr. Catherine Kendall
2003
Film
Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War
Thelma Caldicot
2002
Film
Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones
Samantha Briggs
1967
What We Did on Our Holiday
Lil Taylor
2006
B-And-B
1968
Film
Knockback: 2
Sylvia
1985
Film
Knockback: 1
Sylvia
1985
Film
Byrd and the Bees
Beatrice
Film
My Mother's Courage
Elsa Tabori
1995
Film
Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It
Joan Percival
1968
Film
Long Distance Information
Eileen
1979
Film
Secrets of a Windmill Girl
1966
Film
Ernestine & Kit
Ernestine
2016