Pauline Collins

Born: 1940-09-03, Exmouth, Devon, England, UK

Died: 2025-11-05

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 Academy Award nominations. Description above from the Wikipedia article Pauline Collins, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• Doctor Who (2005)
• Merlin (2008)
• Agatha Christie's Marple (2004)
• Screen Two (1985)
• The Wednesday Play (1964)
• Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
• Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965)
• Theatre 625 (1964)
• Bleak House (2005)
• Country Matters (1972)
• Albert Nobbs (2011)
• You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010)
• Quartet (2012)
• City of Joy (1992)
• Paradise Road (1997)
• Forever Green (1989)
• From Time to Time (2009)
• Shirley Valentine (1989)
• The Last Dragonslayer (2016)
• Little Miss (1983)
• Knockback: 2 (1985)
• Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones (1967)
• Man and Boy (2002)
• Long Distance Information (1979)
• Secrets of a Windmill Girl (1966)
• Knockback: 1 (1985)
• Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War (2003)
• Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It (1968)
• Ernestine & Kit (2016)
• Flowers of the Forest (1996)