
Pauline Collins
Born September 3, 1940 · Exmouth, Devon, England, UK
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.
Notable Appearances
Movies

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

Albert Nobbs

City of Joy

The Last Dragonslayer

Paradise Road

Quartet

From Time to Time

Shirley Valentine

Sparkling Cyanide

Dough

Man and Boy

The Time of Their Lives

Flowers of the Forest

Long Distance Information

Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War

Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones

My Mother's Courage

Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It

Knockback: 1

Secrets of a Windmill Girl

Unreleased
Byrd and the Bees

Knockback: 2

Ernestine & Kit
TV Shows

Wogan

The Saint

BBC Play of the Month

Merlin

Tales of the Unexpected

Screen Two

Theatre 625

The Wednesday Play

Upstairs, Downstairs

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Bleak House

Dickensian

Mount Pleasant

Country Matters

The Ambassador

The Three Musketeers

The Black Tower

Wodehouse Playhouse

Thomas & Sarah

Armchair Theatre

No, Honestly

Forever Green





