
Pauline Melville
Acting
Born 1948-01-01 · Guyana
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
Acting

Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
Self

Brighton Rock
Mother Superior

Bottom Mindless Violence
Mrs. Basterd (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song
Maisie Kemp

Shadowlands
Committee Chairwoman

Home Away from Home
Neighbour

Utz
Curator

The House of Bernarda Alba
Prudencia

2Point4 Children
Babs

Spender
Judge

How to Get Ahead in Advertising
Sylvia Wallace

Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Mrs Scratchit

Alexei Sayle's Stuff

Didn't You Kill My Brother?
Pauline Sneak

Red Dwarf
Barmaid
Rat in the Skull
IRA Woman

Mona Lisa
George's Wife

Girls On Top
Yvonne

The Young Ones
Vyvyan's Mum

The Young Ones
Woman on Bus

The Comic Strip Presents...
Pauline Sneak

Scrubbers
Crow

Britannia Hospital
Clarissa

The Long Good Friday
Dora

Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights

Far from the Madding Crowd
Mrs. Tall

Ulysses
Prostitute