Acting

Pauline Collins

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

Died 2025-11-05

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.

Credits

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The Time of Their Lives
as Priscilla
2017
The Last Dragonslayer
as Lady Mawgon
2016
Ernestine & Kit
as Ernestine
2016
Dickensian
as Mrs Gamp
2015
Dough
as Joanna
2015
Quartet
as Cissy Robson
2012
Albert Nobbs
as Margaret Baker
2011
Mount Pleasant
2011
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
as Cristal
2010
From Time to Time
as Mrs. Tweedle
2009
Merlin
as Alice
2008
What We Did on Our Holiday
as Lil Taylor
2006
Bleak House
as Miss Flite
2005
Doctor Who
as Queen Victoria
2005
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Thyrza Grey
2004
Sparkling Cyanide
as Dr. Catherine Kendall
2003
Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War
as Thelma Caldicot
2002
Man and Boy
as Betty Silver
2002
Little Grey Rabbit
2000
The Ambassador
1998
Paradise Road
as Daisy 'Margaret' Drummond
1997
Flowers of the Forest
as Aileen Matthews
1996
My Mother's Courage
as Elsa Tabori
1995
City of Joy
as Joan Bethel
1992
Shirley Valentine
as Shirley Valentine-Bradshaw
1989
Forever Green
1989
The Black Tower
as Maggie Hewson
1985
Knockback: 2
as Sylvia
1985
Knockback: 1
as Sylvia
1985
Screen Two
as Sylvia Barker
1985
Screen Two
as Aileen Matthews
1985
Little Miss
as Female Voices
1983
Wogan
as Self
1982
Long Distance Information
as Eileen
1979
Tales of the Unexpected
as Eve Peregrine
1979
Tales of the Unexpected
as Pat Lewis
1979
Thomas & Sarah
as Sarah Moffat
1979
No, Honestly
1974
Wodehouse Playhouse
1974
Wodehouse Playhouse
as Susan Blake
1974
Armchair 30
as Carol
1973
Crippled Bloom
as Ruby
1972
Country Matters
as Ruby
1972
King's Cross Lunch Hour
as The Girl
1972
Upstairs, Downstairs
as Sarah
1971
Wink To Me Only
1969
Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It
as Joan Percival
1968
B-And-B
1968
Love Life
as Mary Murtagh
1967
Trapped
as Jacky
1967
Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones
as Samantha Briggs
1967
The Three Musketeers
as Kitty
1966
The Corridor People
as Syrie's Maid
1966
Secrets of a Windmill Girl
1966
BBC Play of the Month
as Lady Teazle
1965
BBC Play of the Month
as Dawn
1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre
as The Girl
1965
Blackmail
as Frieda Straker
1965
Pardon the Expression
as Miss Wainwright
1965
The Wednesday Play
as Joan Percival
1964
The Wednesday Play
as Angelina
1964
Theatre 625
as Clara
1964
Doctor Who
as Samantha Briggs
1963
The Saint
as Marie-Therese
1962
Armchair Theatre
as Betty
1956
Armchair Theatre
as Mary Murtagh
1956
Tony Awards
as Self - Winner / Performer
1956
Byrd and the Bees
as Beatrice
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