Pauline Collins

Actor, Soundtrack

Birthdate: Sep 3, 1940

Birthplace: Exmouth, Devon, England, UK

Collins entered motion pictures as a stripper in the exploitation film, Secrets of a Windmill Girl (1966), and television, as a maid in the British drama series Upstairs, Downstairs (1971). In 1988, she starred in the one-woman play 'Shirley Valentine' in London, and soon after, brought the role to Broadway, winning a Tony Award. She collected a BAFTA Film Award and was nominated an Academy Award for her performance in the film version, Shirley Valentine (1989). Several stage, film and television performances followed.

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Movies

Known For

Shirley Valentine

(1989)

Quartet

(2012)

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

(2010)

Upstairs, Downstairs

(1971)

Pauline Collins Movies

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Previous (13)

2019 |
Quartet
Quartet
2019
R
1h 41m
Drama, Romance
6.2
Finding herself penniless after her art-dealer husband Stephan is convicted of theft, Marya Zelli accepts the hospitality of a strange couple, H.J. and Lois Heidler, who let her live in their home.
2017 |
The Time of Their Lives
2015 |
Dough
2016 |
Dough
Dough
2016
1h 34m
Comedy, Drama
6.2
An old Jewish baker struggles to keep his business afloat until his young Muslim apprentice drops cannabis in the dough and sends sales sky high.
asJoanna Silverman
2011 |
Albert Nobbs
2010 |
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
2009 |
From Time to Time
2002 |
Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War
1997 |
Paradise Road
1995 |
My Mother's Courage
1992 |
City of Joy
1989 |
Shirley Valentine
1966 |
Secrets of a Windmill Girl