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