Pauline Melville
Biography
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
Known For
Mrs. Tall
Far from the Madding Crowd
Neighbour
Home Away from Home
Self
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
Mrs Scratchit
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Maisie Kemp
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song
George's Wife
Mona Lisa
Sylvia Wallace
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
Mother Superior
Brighton Rock
Crow
Scrubbers
Prudencia
The House of Bernarda Alba
Dora
The Long Good Friday
Committee Chairwoman
Shadowlands
Curator
Utz
Prostitute
Ulysses
Clarissa
Britannia Hospital
IRA Woman
Rat in the Skull
Pauline Sneak
Didn't You Kill My Brother?
Mrs. Basterd (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bottom Mindless Violence
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
18
Gender
Female
Birthday
1948-01-01
Place of Birth
Guyana
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