Pauline Collins
Born in Exmouth, Devon, England, UK — Sep 03 1940• Died Nov 05 2025
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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 Wikipedi…
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Doctor Who
Queen Victoria
Doctor Who
Samantha Briggs
The Saint
Marie-Therese
BBC Play of the Month
Lady Teazle
Theatre 625
Clara
Merlin
Alice
Tales of the Unexpected
Eve Peregrine
Agatha Christie's Marple
Thyrza Grey
Screen Two
Sylvia Barker
The Wednesday Play
Joan Percival
Upstairs, Downstairs
Sarah
Dickensian
Mrs Gamp
Mount Pleasant
Bleak House
Miss Flite
Country Matters
Ruby
The Ambassador
The Three Musketeers
Kitty
Quartet
Cissy Robson
Forever Green
Pardon the Expression
Miss Wainwright
Albert Nobbs
Margaret Baker
Thomas & Sarah
Paradise Road
Daisy 'Margaret' Drummond
Armchair Theatre
Betty
The Last Dragonslayer
Lady Mawgon
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Cristal
City of Joy
Joan Bethel
The Corridor People
Syrie's Maid
From Time to Time
Mrs. Tweedle
Wodehouse Playhouse
No, Honestly
Shirley Valentine
Shirley Valentine-Bradshaw
Man and Boy
Betty Silver
Dough
Joanna
B-And-B
Sparkling Cyanide
Dr. Catherine Kendall
Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War
Thelma Caldicot
The Black Tower
Maggie Hewson
The Time of Their Lives
Priscilla
Knockback: 2
Sylvia
Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones
Samantha Briggs
Flowers of the Forest
Aileen Matthews
My Mother's Courage
Elsa Tabori
Long Distance Information
Eileen
Byrd and the Bees
Beatrice
Wink To Me Only
Knockback: 1
Sylvia
Love Life
Mary Murtagh
What We Did on Our Holiday
Lil Taylor
Little Miss
Female Voices
King's Cross Lunch Hour
The Girl
Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It
Joan Percival
Ernestine & Kit
Ernestine
Crippled Bloom
Ruby
Secrets of a Windmill Girl
Tony Awards
Self - Winner / Performer