Actor profile

Pauline Collins

3rd September 1940 Exmouth, Devon, England, UK Acting

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.

22 Movies 34 TV Shows 66 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

The Time of Their Lives poster

The Time of Their Lives 10th March 2017 as Priscilla

The Last Dragonslayer poster

The Last Dragonslayer 25th December 2016 as Lady Mawgon

Ernestine & Kit poster

Ernestine & Kit 17th March 2016 as Ernestine

Dough poster

Dough 14th April 2015 as Joanna

Quartet poster

Quartet 26th December 2012 as Cissy Robson

Albert Nobbs poster

Albert Nobbs 21st December 2011 as Margaret Baker

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger poster

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger 22nd September 2010 as Cristal

From Time to Time poster

From Time to Time 15th October 2009 as Mrs. Tweedle

Sparkling Cyanide poster

Sparkling Cyanide 5th October 2003 as Dr. Catherine Kendall

Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War poster

Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War 30th January 2003 as Thelma Caldicot

Man and Boy poster

Man and Boy 30th March 2002 as Betty Silver

Paradise Road poster

Paradise Road 11th February 1997 as Daisy 'Margaret' Drummond

Flowers of the Forest poster

Flowers of the Forest 26th October 1996 as Aileen Matthews

My Mother's Courage poster

My Mother's Courage 12th September 1995 as Elsa Tabori

City of Joy poster

City of Joy 15th April 1992 as Joan Bethel

Shirley Valentine poster

Shirley Valentine 30th August 1989 as Shirley Valentine-Bradshaw

Knockback: 2 poster

Knockback: 2 3rd February 1985 as Sylvia

Knockback: 1 poster

Knockback: 1 27th January 1985 as Sylvia

Long Distance Information poster

Long Distance Information 11th October 1979 as Eileen

Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It poster

Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It 21st August 1968 as Joan Percival

Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones poster

Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones 13th May 1967 as Samantha Briggs

Secrets of a Windmill Girl poster

Secrets of a Windmill Girl 2nd January 1966

Dickensian poster

Dickensian 26th December 2015 as Mrs Gamp

Mount Pleasant poster

Mount Pleasant 24th August 2011

Merlin poster

Merlin 20th September 2008 as Alice

Bleak House poster

Bleak House 27th October 2005 as Miss Flite

Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who 26th March 2005 as Queen Victoria

Agatha Christie's Marple poster

Agatha Christie's Marple 12th December 2004 as Thyrza Grey

The Ambassador poster

The Ambassador 4th January 1998

Forever Green poster

Forever Green 26th February 1989

The Black Tower poster

The Black Tower 8th November 1985 as Maggie Hewson

Screen Two poster

Screen Two 6th January 1985 as Sylvia Barker

Screen Two poster

Screen Two 6th January 1985 as Aileen Matthews

Little Miss poster

Little Miss 14th February 1983 as Female Voices

Wogan poster

Wogan 4th May 1982 as Self

Tales of the Unexpected poster

Tales of the Unexpected 24th March 1979 as Eve Peregrine

Tales of the Unexpected poster

Tales of the Unexpected 24th March 1979 as Pat Lewis

Thomas & Sarah poster

Thomas & Sarah 14th January 1979

No, Honestly poster

No, Honestly 4th October 1974

Wodehouse Playhouse poster

Wodehouse Playhouse 9th July 1974

Wodehouse Playhouse poster

Wodehouse Playhouse 9th July 1974 as Susan Blake

Country Matters poster

Country Matters 20th August 1972 as Ruby

Upstairs, Downstairs poster

Upstairs, Downstairs 10th October 1971 as Sarah

The Three Musketeers poster

The Three Musketeers 13th November 1966 as Kitty

The Corridor People poster

The Corridor People 26th August 1966 as Syrie's Maid

BBC Play of the Month poster

BBC Play of the Month 19th October 1965 as Lady Teazle

BBC Play of the Month poster

BBC Play of the Month 19th October 1965 as Dawn

Thirty-Minute Theatre poster

Thirty-Minute Theatre 7th October 1965 as The Girl

The Wednesday Play poster

The Wednesday Play 30th September 1964 as Joan Percival

The Wednesday Play poster

The Wednesday Play 30th September 1964 as Angelina

Theatre 625 poster

Theatre 625 3rd May 1964 as Clara

Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who 23rd November 1963 as Samantha Briggs

The Saint poster

The Saint 4th October 1962 as Marie-Therese

Armchair Theatre poster

Armchair Theatre 8th July 1956 as Betty

Armchair Theatre poster

Armchair Theatre 8th July 1956 as Mary Murtagh

Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards 1st April 1956 as Self - Winner / Performer