Pauline Collins

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

58

Gender

Female

Birthday

1940-09-03

Day of death

2025-11-05 (85 years old)

Place of Birth

Exmouth, Devon, England, UK

Pauline Collins

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.

Known For

  • Doctor Who

    Doctor Who

  • Agatha Christie's Marple

    Agatha Christie's Marple

  • Doctor Who

    Doctor Who

  • Merlin

    Merlin

  • Wogan

    Wogan

  • The Saint

    The Saint

  • BBC Play of the Month

    BBC Play of the Month

  • BBC Play of the Month

    BBC Play of the Month

  • Tales of the Unexpected

    Tales of the Unexpected

  • Tales of the Unexpected

    Tales of the Unexpected

  • Theatre 625

    Theatre 625

  • Screen Two

    Screen Two

  • The Wednesday Play

    The Wednesday Play

  • The Wednesday Play

    The Wednesday Play

  • Upstairs, Downstairs

    Upstairs, Downstairs

  • Ernestine & Kit

    Ernestine & Kit

  • Quartet

    Quartet

  • City of Joy

    City of Joy

  • Paradise Road

    Paradise Road

  • Bleak House

    Bleak House

  • Dough

    Dough

  • Albert Nobbs

    Albert Nobbs

  • Man and Boy

    Man and Boy

  • Flowers of the Forest

    Flowers of the Forest

  • Sparkling Cyanide

    Sparkling Cyanide

  • Dickensian

    Dickensian

  • Mount Pleasant

    Mount Pleasant

  • Love Life

    Love Life

  • Long Distance Information

    Long Distance Information

  • Pardon the Expression

    Pardon the Expression

  • Shirley Valentine

    Shirley Valentine

  • From Time to Time

    From Time to Time

  • The Three Musketeers

    The Three Musketeers

  • The Ambassador

    The Ambassador

  • You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

    You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

  • Forever Green

    Forever Green

  • The Last Dragonslayer

    The Last Dragonslayer

  • Wodehouse Playhouse

    Wodehouse Playhouse

  • Wodehouse Playhouse

    Wodehouse Playhouse

  • The Corridor People

    The Corridor People

  • The Time of Their Lives

    The Time of Their Lives

  • No, Honestly

    No, Honestly

  • Armchair Theatre

    Armchair Theatre

  • Thomas & Sarah

    Thomas & Sarah

  • Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones

    Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones

  • Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War

    Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War

  • B-And-B

    B-And-B

  • What We Did on Our Holiday

    What We Did on Our Holiday

  • Wink To Me Only

    Wink To Me Only

  • My Mother's Courage

    My Mother's Courage

  • Knockback: 2

    Knockback: 2

  • Byrd and the Bees

    Byrd and the Bees

  • Knockback: 1

    Knockback: 1

  • Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It

    Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It

  • King's Cross Lunch Hour

    King's Cross Lunch Hour

  • Secrets of a Windmill Girl

    Secrets of a Windmill Girl

  • Mr. Men & Little Miss

    Mr. Men & Little Miss

  • Crippled Bloom

    Crippled Bloom