Cast & creator
Pauline Collins
Best known for Doctor Who, Doctor Who, Tony Awards
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 Academy Award nominations. Description above from the Wikipedia article Pauline Collins, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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film credits
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television credits
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1956–2017 · acting roles
6.6
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (68)
Showing 68 of 68 credits
Doctor Who
Queen Victoria
2005
Doctor Who
Samantha Briggs
1963
Tony Awards
Self - Winner / Performer
1956
The Wednesday Play
Joan Percival
1964The Wednesday Play
Angelina
1964
Wogan
Self
1982
Screen Two
Sylvia Barker
1985Screen Two
Aileen Matthews
1985
The Saint
Marie-Therese
1962
Tales of the Unexpected
Eve Peregrine
1979Tales of the Unexpected
Pat Lewis
1979
Merlin
Alice
2008
BBC Play of the Month
Lady Teazle
1965BBC Play of the Month
Dawn
1965
Agatha Christie's Marple
Thyrza Grey
2004
Theatre 625
Clara
1964
Thirty-Minute Theatre
The Girl
1965
Upstairs, Downstairs
Sarah
1971
Country Matters
Ruby
1972
Mount Pleasant
2011
Bleak House
Miss Flite
2005
Dickensian
Mrs Gamp
2015
Thomas & Sarah
Sarah Moffat
1979
The Ambassador
1998Blackmail
Frieda Straker
1965
Wodehouse Playhouse
1974Wodehouse Playhouse
Susan Blake
1974
Armchair Theatre
Betty
1956Armchair Theatre
Mary Murtagh
1956
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Cristal
2010
The Three Musketeers
Kitty
1966Armchair 30
Carol
1973Trapped
Jacky
1967
Albert Nobbs
Margaret Baker
2011Pardon the Expression
Miss Wainwright
1965
The Black Tower
Maggie Hewson
1985
City of Joy
Joan Bethel
1992
From Time to Time
Mrs. Tweedle
2009
Quartet
Cissy Robson
2012
The Corridor People
Syrie's Maid
1966
Forever Green
1989
No, Honestly
1974
Paradise Road
Daisy 'Margaret' Drummond
1997
The Last Dragonslayer
Lady Mawgon
2016
Shirley Valentine
Shirley Valentine-Bradshaw
1989
The Time of Their Lives
Priscilla
2017Little Grey Rabbit
2000
Little Miss
Female Voices
1983
Sparkling Cyanide
Dr. Catherine Kendall
2003Crippled Bloom
Ruby
1972B-And-B
1968
Flowers of the Forest
Aileen Matthews
1996
Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War
Thelma Caldicot
2002What We Did on Our Holiday
Lil Taylor
2006
Dough
Joanna
2015
Man and Boy
Betty Silver
2002
Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones
Samantha Briggs
1967Wink To Me Only
1969
My Mother's Courage
Elsa Tabori
1995Love Life
Mary Murtagh
1967
Byrd and the Bees
Beatrice
King's Cross Lunch Hour
The Girl
1972
Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It
Joan Percival
1968
Secrets of a Windmill Girl
1966
Knockback: 2
Sylvia
1985Knockback: 1
Sylvia
1985
Long Distance Information
Eileen
1979
Ernestine & Kit
Ernestine
2016