Pauline Melville

Known for ActingBorn 1948-01-01 (age 78)Guyana

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 LiteratureRead more

Movies & web series

Bottom Mindless Violence

Home Away from Home

Red Dwarf

The Young Ones

Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule

Blackadder's Christmas Carol

2Point4 Children

The Comic Strip Presents...

Spender

Alexei Sayle's Stuff

The Long Good Friday

Shadowlands

Mona Lisa

Far from the Madding Crowd

Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights

How to Get Ahead in Advertising

Britannia Hospital

Brighton Rock

Utz

Ulysses

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

Scrubbers

Girls On Top

The House of Bernarda Alba

Didn't You Kill My Brother?

Rat in the Skull