Pauline Melville
Born January 01, 1948 (Age: 78)
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Guyana
Biography
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
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
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Filmography
Shadowlands
1993
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as Committee Chairwoman
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Age: 45
Home Away from Home
1993
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as Neighbour
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Age: 45
Utz
1992
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as Curator
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Age: 44
The House of Bernarda Alba
1991
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as Prudencia
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Age: 43
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
1989
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as Sylvia Wallace
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Age: 41
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
1988
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as Mrs Scratchit
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Age: 40
Didn't You Kill My Brother?
1988
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as Pauline Sneak
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Age: 40
No Image
Rat in the Skull
1987
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as IRA Woman
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Age: 39
Mona Lisa
1986
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as George's Wife
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Age: 38
Britannia Hospital
1982
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as Clarissa
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Age: 34
The Long Good Friday
1980
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as Dora
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Age: 32