Pauline Quirke

Born: 1959-07-08, Hackney, London, England, UK

Biography

Pauline Perpetua Quirke is a retired English television and film actress, best known for her role as Sharon in the long-running BBC comedy series "Birds of a Feather". In 2025, Quirke's husband announced that she would be retiring from all professional and commercial duties due to a diagnosis of dementia which she had received in 2021.

Filmography

• Casualty (1986)
• Skins (2007)
• Broadchurch (2013)
• Celebrity Masterchef (2006)
• Birds of a Feather (1989)
• The Duchess of Duke Street (1976)
• North & South (2004)
• Softly, Softly (1966)
• The Elephant Man (1980)
• Being April (2002)
• Little Dorrit (1987)
• Beasts: Special Offer (1976)
• Junket 89 (1970)
• Arthur's Dyke (2001)
• Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)
• Malachi's Cove (1973)
• The Thieving Headmistress (2006)
• The Return of the Soldier (1983)
• Getting It Right (1989)
• Name for the Day (1980)
• Life After Death (1982)
• An Audience with Bob Monkhouse (1994)
• Sunshine in Brixton (1976)
• Jenny Can't Work Any Faster (1975)