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
Movie | Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule | Self | 2014-12-20 |
Movie | Brighton Rock | Mother Superior | 2010-09-13 |
Movie | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song | Maisie Kemp | 2000-07-12 |
Movie | Home Away from Home | Neighbour | 1993-01-02 |
Movie | Shadowlands | Committee Chairwoman | 1993-12-25 |
Movie | Utz | Curator | 1992-03-15 |
Movie | The House of Bernarda Alba | Prudencia | 1991-12-18 |
Series | Spender | Unknown | 1991-01-08 |
Series | 2Point4 Children | Babs | 1991-09-03 |
Movie | How to Get Ahead in Advertising | Sylvia Wallace | 1989-05-05 |
Series | Red Dwarf | Barmaid | 1988-02-15 |
Series | Alexei Sayle's Stuff | Unknown | 1988-10-13 |
Movie | Didn't You Kill My Brother? | Pauline Sneak | 1988-03-19 |
Movie | Rat in the Skull | IRA Woman | 1987-01-01 |
Movie | Mona Lisa | George's Wife | 1986-06-13 |
Series | Girls On Top | Unknown | 1985-10-23 |
Movie | Britannia Hospital | Clarissa | 1982-05-27 |
Series | The Young Ones | Unknown | 1982-11-09 |
Movie | Scrubbers | Crow | 1982-09-24 |
Movie | The Long Good Friday | Dora | 1980-11-01 |
Movie | Ulysses | Prostitute | 1967-03-14 |
Movie | Far from the Madding Crowd | Mrs. Tall | 1967-06-18 |