
Pauline Melville
Acting
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

Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
Self

Brighton Rock
Mother Superior

Bottom Mindless Violence
Mrs. Basterd (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song
Maisie Kemp

Shadowlands
Committee Chairwoman

Home Away from Home
Neighbour

Utz
Curator

The House of Bernarda Alba
Prudencia

How to Get Ahead in Advertising
Sylvia Wallace

Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Mrs Scratchit

Didn't You Kill My Brother?
Pauline Sneak
Rat in the Skull
IRA Woman

Mona Lisa
George's Wife

Scrubbers
Crow

Britannia Hospital
Clarissa

The Long Good Friday
Dora

Far from the Madding Crowd
Mrs. Tall

Ulysses
Prostitute







