Pauline Melville
Biography
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
Filmography
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
2014
as Self
Brighton Rock
2010
as Mother Superior
Bottom Mindless Violence
2004
as Mrs. Basterd (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song
2000
as Maisie Kemp
Shadowlands
1993
as Committee Chairwoman
Home Away from Home
1993
as Neighbour
Utz
1992
as Curator
The House of Bernarda Alba
1991
as Prudencia
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
1989
as Sylvia Wallace
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
1988
as Mrs Scratchit
Didn't You Kill My Brother?
1988
as Pauline Sneak
- No poster
Rat in the Skull
1987
as IRA Woman
Mona Lisa
1986
as George's Wife
Scrubbers
1982
as Crow
Britannia Hospital
1982
as Clarissa
The Long Good Friday
1980
as Dora
Far from the Madding Crowd
1967
as Mrs. Tall
Ulysses
1967
as Prostitute