Pauline Melville
Acting
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
2014Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
Self
2010Brighton Rock
Mother Superior
2004Bottom Mindless Violence
Mrs. Basterd (archive footage) (uncredited)
2000The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song
Maisie Kemp
1993Home Away from Home
Neighbour
1993Shadowlands
Committee Chairwoman
1992Utz
Curator
1991The House of Bernarda Alba
Prudencia
1989How to Get Ahead in Advertising
Sylvia Wallace
1988Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Mrs Scratchit
1988Didn't You Kill My Brother?
Pauline Sneak
1986Mona Lisa
George's Wife
1982Scrubbers
Crow
1982Britannia Hospital
Clarissa
1980The Long Good Friday
Dora
1967Far from the Madding Crowd
Mrs. Tall
1967Ulysses
Prostitute