Pauline Melville

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

Known For

Blackadder

as Mrs Scratchit

Red Dwarf

as Barmaid

The Long Good Friday

as Dora

Shadowlands

as Committee Chairwoman

Mona Lisa

as George's Wife

The Young Ones

as Vyvyan's Mum

The Young Ones

as Woman on Bus

Brighton Rock

as Mother Superior

How to Get Ahead in Advertising

as Sylvia Wallace

Far from the Madding Crowd

as Mrs. Tall