Pauline Melville
View on IMDb ↗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
Known for
Bottom Mindless Violence
Home Away from Home
Red Dwarf
The Young Ones
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
The Comic Strip Presents...
2Point4 Children
Spender
Alexei Sayle's StuffFilmography (26)
- 2014
Rik Mayall: Lord of MisruleSelf - 2010
Brighton RockMother Superior - 2004
Bottom Mindless ViolenceMrs. Basterd (archive footage) (uncredited) - 2000
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet SongMaisie Kemp - 1993
Home Away from HomeNeighbour - 1993
ShadowlandsCommittee Chairwoman - 1992
UtzCurator - 1991
2Point4 ChildrenBabs - 1991
SpenderJudge - 1991
The House of Bernarda AlbaPrudencia - 1989
How to Get Ahead in AdvertisingSylvia Wallace - 1988
Red DwarfBarmaid - 1988
Blackadder's Christmas CarolMrs Scratchit - 1988
Alexei Sayle's Stuff - 1988
Didn't You Kill My Brother?Pauline Sneak - 1987Rat in the SkullIRA Woman
- 1986
Mona LisaGeorge's Wife - 1985
Girls On TopYvonne - 1982
The Young OnesVyvyan's Mum - 1982
The Comic Strip Presents...Pauline Sneak - 1982
Britannia HospitalClarissa - 1982
ScrubbersCrow - 1980
The Long Good FridayDora - 1980
Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights - 1967
Far from the Madding CrowdMrs. Tall - 1967
UlyssesProstitute