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Pauline Collins

Known for acting · Born 3 September 1940 · Died 5 November 2025 · aged 85 · Exmouth, Devon, England, UK

62 credits

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.

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Known for

City of Joy

1992

Albert Nobbs

2011

Shirley Valentine

1989

Quartet

2012

Paradise Road

1997

Dickensian

2015

Dough

2015

Upstairs, Downstairs

1971

From Time to Time

2009

Mount Pleasant

2011

The Time of Their Lives

2017

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

2010

Acting (62)

2017The Time of Their LivesPriscillaFilm
2016The Last DragonslayerLady MawgonFilm
2016Ernestine & KitErnestineFilm
2015DoughJoannaFilm
2015DickensianMrs Gamp · 20 episodesSeries
2012QuartetCissy RobsonFilm
2011Albert NobbsMargaret BakerFilm
2011Mount Pleasant · 26 episodesSeries
2010You Will Meet a Tall Dark StrangerCristalFilm
2009From Time to TimeMrs. TweedleFilm
2008MerlinAliceSeries
2006What We Did on Our HolidayLil TaylorFilm
2005Doctor WhoQueen VictoriaSeries
2005Bleak HouseMiss Flite · 10 episodesSeries
2004Agatha Christie's MarpleThyrza GreySeries
2003Sparkling CyanideDr. Catherine KendallFilm
2002Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage WarThelma CaldicotFilm
2002Man and BoyBetty SilverFilm
2000Little Grey Rabbit · 26 episodesSeries
1998The Ambassador · 12 episodesSeries
1997Paradise RoadDaisy 'Margaret' DrummondFilm
1996Flowers of the ForestAileen MatthewsFilm
1995My Mother's CourageElsa TaboriFilm
1992City of JoyJoan BethelFilm
1989Shirley ValentineShirley Valentine-BradshawFilm
1989Forever Green · 18 episodesSeries
1985Screen TwoSylvia Barker · 2 episodes, Aileen MatthewsSeries
1985The Black TowerMaggie Hewson · 5 episodesSeries
1985Knockback: 1SylviaFilm
1985Knockback: 2SylviaFilm
1983Little MissFemale Voices · 13 episodesSeries
1982WoganSelfSeries
1979Tales of the UnexpectedEve Peregrine, Pat LewisSeries
1979Thomas & SarahSarah Moffat · 13 episodesSeries
1979Long Distance InformationEileenFilm
1974Wodehouse Playhouse · 20 episodes, Susan BlakeSeries
1974No, Honestly · 13 episodesSeries
1973Armchair 30CarolSeries
1972Country MattersRubySeries
1972King's Cross Lunch HourThe GirlFilm
1972Crippled BloomRubyFilm
1971Upstairs, DownstairsSarah · 14 episodesSeries
1969Wink To Me OnlySeries
1968Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After ItJoan PercivalFilm
1968B-And-BSeries
1967Doctor Who: The Faceless OnesSamantha BriggsFilm
1967Love LifeMary MurtaghFilm
1967TrappedJackySeries
1966Secrets of a Windmill GirlFilm
1966The Corridor PeopleSyrie's MaidSeries
1966The Three MusketeersKitty · 2 episodesSeries
1965BBC Play of the MonthLady Teazle, DawnSeries
1965Thirty-Minute TheatreThe GirlSeries
1965Pardon the ExpressionMiss WainwrightSeries
1965BlackmailFrieda StrakerSeries
1964The Wednesday PlayJoan Percival, AngelinaSeries
1964Theatre 625ClaraSeries
1963Doctor WhoSamantha Briggs · 4 episodesSeries
1962The SaintMarie-ThereseSeries
1956Armchair TheatreBetty, Mary MurtaghSeries
1956Tony AwardsSelf - Winner / PerformerSeries
—Byrd and the BeesBeatriceFilm