
Pauline Collins
Known for: Acting
Born: September 3, 1940
Died: November 5, 2025
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 Aca…
Known for

Ernestine & Kit
2016

Sparkling Cyanide
2003

Knockback: 1
1985

Knockback: 2
1985

Shirley Valentine
1989
King's Cross Lunch Hour
1972
What We Did on Our Holiday
2006

Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War
2003

Flowers of the Forest
1996

My Mother's Courage
1995

Secrets of a Windmill Girl
1966
Love Life
1967

The Time of Their Lives
2017

Long Distance Information
1979
Crippled Bloom
1972

City of Joy
1992

Paradise Road
1997

Dough
2015

Quartet
2012

From Time to Time
2009

Albert Nobbs
2011

Byrd and the Bees

Man and Boy
2002

The Last Dragonslayer
2016

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
2010

Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones
1967

Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It
1968
B-And-B
1968

Doctor Who
1963

Thomas & Sarah
1979

Tales of the Unexpected
1979

Bleak House
2005

The Saint
1962

The Ambassador
1998

Wodehouse Playhouse
1974

No, Honestly
1974

Wogan
1982

BBC Play of the Month
1965
Wink To Me Only
1969

Forever Green
1989

Doctor Who
2005

Mount Pleasant
2011

The Corridor People
1966

Dickensian
2015

Agatha Christie's Marple
2004

The Wednesday Play
1964

Merlin
2008

Upstairs, Downstairs
1971

Screen Two
1985

Little Miss
1983
Pardon the Expression
1965

Armchair Theatre
1956

The Three Musketeers
1966

Theatre 625
1964

Country Matters
1972

The Black Tower
1985

Tony Awards
1956
Armchair 30
1973
Trapped
1967

Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965