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Pauline Collins

Actress

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After more than 20 years, Pauline and husband John Alderton co-starred together in the 2004 play "Going Straight" at London's Richmond Theatre. It was a family affair as daughter/actress Kate Alderton completed the three-person cast. See more trivia »

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Pauline A. Collins
in Exmouth, Devon, England, UK
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2011-2012 Mount Pleasant (TV series)
Sue
– Episode #2.6 (2012) … Sue
– Episode #2.5 (2012) … Sue
– Episode #2.4 (2012) … Sue
– Episode #2.3 (2012) … Sue
– Episode #2.2 (2012) … Sue
See all 14 episodes »
 
2012 Quartet
Cissy Robson
 
2011 Albert Nobbs
Margaret 'Madge' Baker
 
2010 Merlin (TV series)
Alice
– Love in the Time of Dragons (2010) … Alice
 
2010 Marple: The Pale Horse (TV movie)
Thyrza Grey
 
2010 You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Cristal
 
2009 From Time to Time
Mrs. Tweedle
 
2006 What We Did on Our Holiday (TV movie)
Lil Taylor
 
2006 Doctor Who (TV series)
Queen Victoria
– Tooth and Claw (2006) … Queen Victoria
 
2005 Bleak House (TV mini-series)
Miss Flite
– Episode #1.15 (2005) … Miss Flite
– Episode #1.11 (2005) … Miss Flite
– Episode #1.10 (2005) … Miss Flite
– Episode #1.9 (2005) … Miss Flite
– Episode #1.8 (2005) … Miss Flite
See all 10 episodes »
 
2003 Sparkling Cyanide (TV movie)
Dr. Catherine Kendall
 
2002 Man and Boy (TV movie)
Betty Silver
 
2002 Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War
Thelma Caldicot
 
2000 One Life Stand
Karaoke Crowd
 
2000 Little Grey Rabbit (TV series)
 
1998-1999 The Ambassador (TV series)
Harriet Smith
– Getting Away with Murder (1999) … Harriet Smith
– A Matter of Life and Death (1999) … Harriet Smith
– Unholy Alliance (1999) … Harriet Smith
– Cost Price (1999) … Harriet Smith
– A Foreign Affair (1999) … Harriet Smith
See all 13 episodes »
 
1997 Paradise Road
Daisy 'Margaret' Drummond
 
1996 Flowers of the Forest (TV movie)
Aileen Matthews
 
1995 My Mother's Courage
Elsa Tabori
 
1989-1992 Forever Green (TV series)
Harriet Boult
– Episode #2.12 (1992) … Harriet Boult
– Episode #2.11 (1992) … Harriet Boult
– Episode #2.10 (1992) … Harriet Boult
– Episode #2.9 (1992) … Harriet Boult
– Episode #2.8 (1992) … Harriet Boult
See all 18 episodes »
 
1992 City of Joy
Joan Bethel
 
1989 Shirley Valentine
Shirley Valentine-Bradshaw
 
1980-1988 Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)
Eve Peregrine / Pat Lewis
– The Colonel's Lady (1988) … Eve Peregrine
– A Girl Can't Always Have Everything (1980) … Pat Lewis
 
1985 The Black Tower (TV mini-series)
Maggie Hewson
– Episode #1.5 (1985) … Maggie Hewson
– Episode #1.4 (1985) … Maggie Hewson
– Episode #1.3 (1985) … Maggie Hewson
– Episode #1.2 (1985) … Maggie Hewson
– Episode #1.1 (1985) … Maggie Hewson
 
1985 Tropical Moon Over Dorking (TV movie)
Myra
 
1984 Knockback (TV movie)
Sylvia
 
1983 Little Misses and the Mr. Men (TV series)
Narrator (voice)
 
1979 Play for Today (TV series)
Eileen
– Long Distance Information (1979) … Eileen
 
1979 Thomas and Sarah (TV series)
Sarah Moffat
– Love Into Three Won't Go (1979) … Sarah Moffat
– The New Rich (1979) … Sarah Moffat
– Putting on the Ritz (1979) … Sarah Moffat
– Return to Gethyn (1979) … Sarah Moffat
– There Is a Happy Land (1979) … Sarah Moffat
See all 13 episodes »
 
1975-1976 Wodehouse Playhouse (TV series)
Agnes Flack / Amelia Bassett / Annebel Purvis / …
– The Code of the Mulliners (1976) … Yvonne Multravers
– The Nodder (1976) … Mabel Ridgway
– Feet of Clay (1976) … Agnes Flack
– Strychnine in the Soup (1976) … Amelia Bassett
– Mr. Potter Takes a Rest Cure (1976) … Bobbie Wickham
See all 13 episodes »
 
1975 BBC Play of the Month (TV series)
Lady Teazle
– The School for Scandal (1975) … Lady Teazle
 
1974-1975 No, Honestly (TV series)
Clara Burrell-Danby
– Surprise Surprise (1975) … Clara Burrell-Danby
– Only Make Believe (1974) … Clara Burrell-Danby
– Bed, Beautiful Bed (1974) … Clara Burrell-Danby
– Plenty of Shoulder, Not Much Wheel (1974) … Clara Burrell-Danby
– Having Them Back (1974) … Clara Burrell-Danby
See all 13 episodes »
 
1973 Armchair 30 (TV series)
Carol
– Carol's Story (1973) … Carol
 
1971-1973 Upstairs, Downstairs (TV series)
Sarah
– A Family Gathering (1973) … Sarah
– The Wages of Sin (1973) … Sarah
– An Object of Value (1972) … Sarah
– Out of the Everywhere (1972) … Sarah
– The Property of a Lady (1972) … Sarah
See all 13 episodes »
 
1972 Country Matters (TV mini-series)
Ruby
– Crippled Bloom (1972) … Ruby
 
1972 Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV series)
The Girl
– King's Cross Lunch Hour (1972) … The Girl
 
1970 The Mating Machine (TV series)
Elizabeth
– Who Sleeps on the Right? (1970) … Elizabeth
 
1969 Parkin's Patch (TV series)
Doreen Ashworth
– A Pair of Good Shoes (1969) … Doreen Ashworth
 
1968-1969 The Wednesday Play (TV series)
Angelina / Joan Percival
– Happy (1969) … Angelina
– Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It (1968) … Joan Percival
 
1969 The Liver Birds (TV series)
Dawn
– Episode #1.5 (1969) … Dawn
– Episode #1.4 (1969) … Dawn
– Episode #1.3 (1969) … Dawn
– An Interesting Condition (1969) … Dawn
– The Liver Birds (1969) … Dawn
 
1968-1969 Comedy Playhouse (TV series)
Dawn / Marjorie
– The Liver Birds (1969) … Dawn
– View by Appointment (1968) … Marjorie
 
1969 The Old Campaigner (TV series)
Winnie Haldane
– French Farce (1969) … Winnie Haldane
 
1967-1968 Armchair Theatre (TV series)
Betty / Mary Murtagh
– One Night I Danced with Mr. Dalton (1968) … Betty
– Love Life (1967) … Mary Murtagh
 
1968 B and B (TV series)
Chantal
– Pilot: B and B (1968) … Chantal
 
1967 Doctor Who (TV series)
Samantha Briggs
– The Faceless Ones: Episode 6 (1967) … Samantha Briggs
– The Faceless Ones: Episode 5 (1967) … Samantha Briggs
– The Faceless Ones: Episode 4 (1967) … Samantha Briggs
– The Faceless Ones: Episode 3 (1967) … Samantha Briggs
– The Faceless Ones: Episode 2 (1967) … Samantha Briggs
 
1967 Softly Softly (TV series)
Marilyn
– Somebody Important (1967) … Marilyn
 
1966 The Making of Jericho (TV movie)
 
1966 The Three Musketeers (TV mini-series)
Kitty
– Branded (1966) … Kitty
 
1966 Blackmail (TV series)
Freida Straker
– Please Do Not Disturb (1966) … Freida Straker
 
1966 The Saint (TV series)
Marie-Therese
– The Better Mousetrap (1966) … Marie-Therese
 
1966 Theatre 625 (TV series)
Clara
– Amerika (1966) … Clara
 
1966 The Corridor People (TV series)
Syrie's maid
– Victim as Black (1966) … Syrie's maid
 
1966 Pardon the Expression (TV series)
Miss Wainwright / Val
– The Switched-On Scene (1966) … Val
– Thunderfinger: Part 2 (1966) … Miss Wainwright
– Thunderfinger: Part 1 (1966) … Miss Wainwright
 
1966 Marriage Lines (TV series)
Jean
– Big Business (1966) … Jean
 
1966 Secrets of a Windmill Girl
Pat Lord
 
1963 Emergency-Ward 10 (TV series)
Nurse Elliott
– Episode #1.588 (1963) … Nurse Elliott
 
Show ShowSelf (17 titles)
2012 The Unforgettable Gordon Jackson (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2009 Doctor Who Greatest Moments (TV mini-series documentary)
Queen Victoria
– The Doctor (2009) … Queen Victoria
 
2009 Movie Connections (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Shirley Valentine (2009) … Herself
 
2007 The Paul O'Grady Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #7.46 (2007) … Herself
 
2007 Happy Birthday BAFTA (TV movie)
 
2007 British Film Forever (TV mini-series documentary)
Herself
– Longing, Loving and Leg-Overs: The Story of British Romance (2007) … Herself (as Pauline Collins OBE)
– Guns, Gangsters and Getaways: The Story of the British Crime Thriller (2007) … Herself (as Pauline Collins OBE)
 
2006 Extinct (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Giant Panda (2006) … Herself
 
2005 Avenue of the Stars: 50 Years of ITV (TV special)
Herself - Audience Member
 
2004 Today with Des and Mel (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 16 November 2004 (2004) … Herself
 
2004 This Morning (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 8 November 2004 (2004) … Herself
 
1990 The 62nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role
 
1990 The 32nd Annual TV Week Logie Awards (TV movie)
Herself
 
1990 Cinema 3 (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 7 March 1990 (1990) … Herself
 
1990 The 47th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special)
Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical
 
1989 The 43rd Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Herself - Performer & Winner: Best Actress in a Play
 
1974-1978 Call My Bluff (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 10 May 1978 (1978) … Herself
– Episode dated 3 May 1978 (1978) … Herself
– Episode dated 30 December 1974 (1974) … Herself
– Episode dated 23 December 1974 (1974) … Herself
 
1972-1974 This Is Your Life (TV series documentary)
Herself / Herself - Guest
– John Alderton (1974) … Herself - Guest
– Pauline Collins (1972) … Herself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (8 titles)
2012 Second Time Around: The Troughton Years (video documentary)
Samantha Briggs
 
2009 Doctor Who Greatest Moments (TV mini-series documentary)
 
2007-2008 Comedy Connections (TV series documentary)
 
2007 La tele de tu vida (TV series)
 
2005 Highlander: The Jamie McCrimmon Story (video documentary short)
Samantha Briggs
 
1994 Harry Enfield and Chums (TV series)
 
1991 Locos por la tele (TV series)
 
1975 Upstairs, Downstairs (TV series)
 

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Alternate Names:

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Height:

5' 2" (1.57 m)
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Trivia:

After more than 20 years, Pauline and husband John Alderton co-starred together in the 2004 play "Going Straight" at London's Richmond Theatre. It was a family affair as daughter/actress Kate Alderton completed the three-person cast. See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo