Pauline Collins

Pauline Collins

Actor

Exmouth, Devon, England, UK
September 3, 1940

Biography

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.

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Representative Works

Albert Nobbs
Albert Nobbs
6.3
/ English
Quartet
Quartet
6.5
/ English
City of Joy
City of Joy
6.6
/ English
From Time to Time
From Time to Time
6.2
/ English
Crippled Bloom
Crippled Bloom
No Rating Yet
/ English
Paradise Road
Paradise Road
6.3
/ English
Sparkling Cyanide
Sparkling Cyanide
5.0
/ English
Shirley Valentine
Shirley Valentine
6.3
/ English
Love Life
Love Life
No Rating Yet
/ English
Dough
Dough
5.8
/ English

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Albert Nobbs
2011Nominee

Best Performance

Albert Nobbs

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
2010Nominee

Best Performance

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

Quartet
2012Nominee

Best Performance

Quartet

Career Highlights

City of Joy
1992Highlight

Best Performance

City of Joy

The Last Dragonslayer
2016Highlight

Best Performance

The Last Dragonslayer

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