Acting credits
47
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Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Pauline Collins
Acting
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Movies: 23Series: 24
TMDB ID: 83437
IMDb ID: nm0172604
Known for: Acting
Born: September 3, 1940
Died: November 5, 2025
Age: 85
Place of birth: Exmouth, Devon, England, UK
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1956 - 2017
Years active: 62
Average TMDB rating: 6.81
Wikidata: Q242705
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Pauline Collins.
5.0
The Time of Their Lives
as Priscilla
2017 Movie
5.9
The Last Dragonslayer
as Lady Mawgon
2016 Movie
Ernestine & Kit
as Ernestine
2016 Movie
5.8
Dough
as Joanna
2015 Movie
6.5
Quartet
as Cissy Robson
2012 Movie
6.3
Albert Nobbs
as Margaret Baker
2011 Movie
5.9
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
as Cristal
2010 Movie
6.3
From Time to Time
as Mrs. Tweedle
2009 Movie
4.8
Sparkling Cyanide
as Dr. Catherine Kendall
2003 Movie
7.4
Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War
as Thelma Caldicot
2003 Movie
4.5
Man and Boy
as Betty Silver
2002 Movie
6.4
Paradise Road
as Daisy 'Margaret' Drummond
1997 Movie
Flowers of the Forest
as Aileen Matthews
1996 Movie
5.1
My Mother's Courage
as Elsa Tabori
1995 Movie
6.6
City of Joy
as Joan Bethel
1992 Movie
6.3
Shirley Valentine
as Shirley Valentine-Bradshaw
1989 Movie
Knockback: 2
as Sylvia
1985 Movie
7.5
Knockback: 1
as Sylvia
1985 Movie
Long Distance Information
as Eileen
1979 Movie
Byrd and the Bees
as Beatrice
Movie
Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It
as Joan Percival
1968 Movie
7.9
Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones
as Samantha Briggs
1967 Movie
2.5
Secrets of a Windmill Girl
1966 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Pauline Collins.
7.4
Dickensian
as Mrs Gamp • 20 eps
2015 Series
5.6
Mount Pleasant
26 eps
2011 Series
7.8
Merlin
as Alice • 1 eps
2008 Series
8.1
Bleak House
as Miss Flite • 10 eps
2005 Series
7.6
Doctor Who
as Queen Victoria • 1 eps
2005 Series
7.8
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Thyrza Grey • 1 eps
2004 Series
6.0
The Ambassador
12 eps
1998 Series
6.0
Forever Green
18 eps
1989 Series
6.8
Screen Two
as Sylvia Barker • 1 eps
1985 Series
4.5
Wogan
as Self • 1 eps
1982 Series
6.7
Tales of the Unexpected
as Eve Peregrine • 1 eps
1979 Series
5.5
Thomas & Sarah
13 eps
1979 Series
5.0
No, Honestly
13 eps
1974 Series
6.0
Wodehouse Playhouse
20 eps
1974 Series
3.3
Country Matters
as Ruby • 1 eps
1972 Series
7.8
Upstairs, Downstairs
as Sarah • 14 eps
1971 Series
5.0
The Three Musketeers
as Kitty • 2 eps
1966 Series
4.0
The Corridor People
as Syrie's Maid • 1 eps
1966 Series
5.0
BBC Play of the Month
as Lady Teazle • 1 eps
1965 Series
4.5
The Wednesday Play
as Joan Percival • 1 eps
1964 Series
7.2
Theatre 625
as Clara • 1 eps
1964 Series
7.9
Doctor Who
as Samantha Briggs • 4 eps
1963 Series
7.4
The Saint
as Marie-Therese • 1 eps
1962 Series
5.8
Armchair Theatre
as Betty • 1 eps
1956 Series