Pauline Collins

Actor

Born: September 3, 1940
Died: November 5, 2025 (age 85)
From: Exmouth, Devon, England, UK

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…

Filmography (27)

The Time of Their Lives (2017)
Priscilla
The Last Dragonslayer (2016)
Lady Mawgon
Ernestine & Kit (2016)
Ernestine
Dough (2015)
Joanna
Quartet (2012)
Cissy Robson
Albert Nobbs (2011)
Margaret Baker
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010)
Cristal
From Time to Time (2009)
Mrs. Tweedle
What We Did on Our Holiday
What We Did on Our Holiday (2006)
Lil Taylor
Sparkling Cyanide (2003)
Dr. Catherine Kendall
Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War (2003)
Thelma Caldicot
Man and Boy (2002)
Betty Silver
Paradise Road (1997)
Daisy 'Margaret' Drummond
Flowers of the Forest (1996)
Aileen Matthews
My Mother's Courage (1995)
Elsa Tabori
City of Joy (1992)
Joan Bethel
Shirley Valentine (1989)
Shirley Valentine-Bradshaw
Knockback: 2 (1985)
Sylvia
Knockback: 1 (1985)
Sylvia
Long Distance Information (1979)
Eileen
Crippled Bloom
Crippled Bloom (1972)
Ruby
King's Cross Lunch Hour
King's Cross Lunch Hour (1972)
The Girl
Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It (1968)
Joan Percival
Love Life
Love Life (1967)
Mary Murtagh
Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones (1967)
Samantha Briggs
Secrets of a Windmill Girl (1966)
Byrd and the Bees
Beatrice