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
Acted in 24
2010s
- 2010
2000s
- 2004
Bottom Mindless Violence
Mrs. Basterd (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2000
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song
Maisie Kemp
1990s
- 1993
Shadowlands
Committee Chairwoman
Home Away from Home
Neighbour
- 1992
Utz
Curator
- 1991
The House of Bernarda Alba
Prudencia
1980s
- 1989
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
Sylvia Wallace
- 1988
Alexei Sayle's Stuff
TV
Didn't You Kill My Brother?
Pauline Sneak
- 1986
- 1985
Girls On Top
Yvonne · 3 episodes
- 1982
Scrubbers
Crow
Britannia Hospital
Clarissa
- 1980
Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights
TV
1960s
- 1967
Ulysses
Prostitute
Wrote 2
1980s
- 1988
Didn't You Kill My Brother?
Writer
- 1982
Appearances1
2010s
- 2014
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
Self