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Pauline Collins
Actor
Born September 3, 1940Died November 5, 2025 (85 years)
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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Known For
Filmography
| 2017 | The Time of Their Lives · as Priscilla |
| 2016 | The Last Dragonslayer · as Lady Mawgon |
| 2015 | Dickensian (TV Series) · as Mrs Gamp |
| 2015 | Dough · as Joanna |
| 2013 | Quartet: Deleted Scenes · as Cissy Robson |
| 2012 | Quartet · as Cissy Robson |
| 2012 | Second Time Around: The Troughton Years · as Samantha Briggs |
| 2011 | Albert Nobbs · as Margaret Baker |
| 2011 | Mount Pleasant (TV Series) |
| 2010 | You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger · as Cristal |
| 2009 | From Time to Time · as Mrs. Tweedle |
| 2009 | Theatre Live! (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2008 | Merlin (TV Series) · as Alice |
| 2006 | What We Did on Our Holiday · as Lil Taylor |
| 2006 | What We Did on Our Holiday · as Lil Taylor |
| 2005 | Bleak House (2005) (TV Series) · as Miss Flite |
| 2005 | Doctor Who (2005) (TV Series) · as Queen Victoria |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie's Marple (TV Series) · as Thyrza Grey |
| 2003 | Sparkling Cyanide · as Dr. Catherine Kendall |
| 2002 | Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War · as Thelma Caldicot |
| 2002 | Man and Boy · as Betty Silver |
| 2000 | One Life Stand · as Karaoke Crowd |
| 1998 | The Ambassador (TV Series) |
| 1997 | Paradise Road · as Daisy 'margaret' Drummond |
| 1996 | Flowers of the Forest · as Aileen Matthews |
| 1995 | My Mother's Courage · as Elsa Tabori |
| 1992 | City of Joy · as Joan Bethel |
| 1989 | Shirley Valentine · as Shirley Valentine-Bradshaw |
| 1989 | Forever Green (TV Series) |
| 1985 | The Black Tower (TV Series) · as Maggie Hewson |
| 1984 | Screen Two (TV Series) · as Sylvia Barker |
| 1983 | Little Miss (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected (TV Series) · as Eve Peregrine |
| 1979 | Thomas and Sarah (TV Series) |
| 1974 | No, Honestly (TV Series) |
| 1974 | Wodehouse Playhouse (TV Series) · as Susan Blake |
| 1972 | Country Matters (TV Series) · as Ruby |
| 1971 | Upstairs, Downstairs (TV Series) · as Sarah |
| 1970 | Play for Today (TV Series) · as Eileen |
| 1969 | Parkin's Patch (TV Series) · as Doreen Ashworth |
| 1969 | The Liver Birds (TV Series) · as Dawn |
| 1967 | Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones · as Samantha Briggs |
| 1966 | The Three Musketeers (1966) (TV Series) · as Kitty |
| 1966 | The Corridor People (TV Series) · as Syrie's Maid |
| 1966 | |
| 1966 | Softly Softly (TV Series) · as Marilyn |
| 1965 | Play of the Month (TV Series) · as Dawn |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV Series) · as The Girl |
| 1965 | Pardon the Expression (TV Series) · as Miss Wainwright |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play (TV Series) · as Angelina |
| 1964 | Theatre 625 (TV Series) · as Clara |
| 1963 | Doctor Who (TV Series) · as Samantha Briggs |
| 1963 | The Contact · as Cast |
| 1962 | The Saint (TV Series) · as Marie-Therese |
| 1961 | Comedy Playhouse (TV Series) · as Chantal |
| 1961 | Marriage Lines (TV Series) · as Jean |
| 1957 | Emergency-Ward 10 (TV Series) · as Nurse Elliott |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre (TV Series) · as Betty |