Menu
Pauline Collins

Pauline Collins

Known For Acting
Birthday Sep 03, 1940 (84)
Birthplace Exmouth, Devon, England, UK
Popularity 3 (history)
Updated Aug 08, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
Links TMDb IMDb
Biography

Pauline Angela Collins, OBE (born 3 September 1940) is 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 S ... hirley 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.

Known For

Headshots

Profile
Profile
Filmography

The Time of Their Lives

The Time of Their Lives

2017

as Priscilla

Ernestine & Kit

Ernestine & Kit

2016

as Ernestine

The Last Dragonslayer

The Last Dragonslayer

2016

as Lady Mawgon

Dough

Dough

2015

as Joanna

Quartet

Quartet

2012

as Cissy Robson

Albert Nobbs

Albert Nobbs

2011

as Margaret Baker

From Time to Time

From Time to Time

2009

as Mrs. Tweedle

Sparkling Cyanide

Sparkling Cyanide

2003

as Dr. Catherine Kendall

Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War

Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War

2003

as Thelma Caldicot

Man and Boy

Man and Boy

2002

as Betty Silver

Paradise Road

Paradise Road

1997

as Daisy 'Margaret' Drummond

Flowers of the Forest

Flowers of the Forest

1996

as Aileen Matthews

City of Joy

City of Joy

1992

as Joan Bethel

Shirley Valentine

Shirley Valentine

1989

as Shirley Valentine-Bradshaw

Knockback: 1

Knockback: 1

1985

as Sylvia

Knockback: 2

Knockback: 2

1985

as Sylvia

Long Distance Information

Long Distance Information

1979

as Eileen

Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It

Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It

1968

as Joan Percival

Love Life

Love Life

1967

as Mary Murtagh

Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones

Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones

1967

as Samantha Briggs

No data available

No data available

No data available

Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Dickensian

as Mrs Gamp

Episodes: 20

First Aired: Dec 26, 2015

Upstairs, Downstairs

as Sarah

Episodes: 14

First Aired: Oct 10, 1971

Mr. Men & Little Miss

as Female Voices

Episodes: 13

First Aired: Unknown

Bleak House

as Miss Flite

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Oct 27, 2005

Doctor Who

as Samantha Briggs

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Nov 23, 1963

Tales of the Unexpected

as Eve Peregrine

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 24, 1979

The Saint

as Marie-Therese

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 04, 1962

BBC Play of the Month

as Lady Teazle

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 19, 1965

Doctor Who

as Queen Victoria

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 26, 2005

The Corridor People

as Syrie's Maid

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 26, 1966

Agatha Christie's Marple

as Thyrza Grey

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 12, 2004

The Wednesday Play

as Joan Percival

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1964

Merlin

as Alice

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 2008

Tales of the Unexpected

as Pat Lewis

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 24, 1979

Screen Two

as Sylvia Barker

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 06, 1985

Pardon the Expression

as Miss Wainwright

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 02, 1965

Mount Pleasant

Episodes: 26

First Aired: Aug 24, 2011

Wodehouse Playhouse

Episodes: 20

First Aired: Jul 09, 1974

Forever Green

Episodes: 18

First Aired: Feb 26, 1989

Thomas & Sarah

Episodes: 13

First Aired: Jan 14, 1979

No, Honestly

Episodes: 13

First Aired: Oct 04, 1974

The Ambassador

Episodes: 12

First Aired: Jan 04, 1998

B-And-B

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 07, 1968

Wogan

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 04, 1982

Wink To Me Only

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 10, 1969

The Three Musketeers

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 13, 1966

Tony Awards

as Self - Winner/Performer

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 01, 1956

Upstairs, Downstairs

Episodes: 0

First Aired: Oct 10, 1971

Popularity Metrics

Popularity History


Year Month Avg Max Min
2024 6 10 17 7
2024 7 17 25 6
2024 8 14 52 3
2024 9 7 14 2
2024 10 5 8 3
2024 11 4 7 2
2024 12 5 10 2
2025 1 9 16 3
2025 2 5 11 1
2025 3 4 8 1
2025 5 2 2 1
2025 6 1 1 1
2025 7 0 1 0
2025 8 4 11 0

Trending Rank


Year Month Avg Rank Max Rank
No trending metrics available.

Return to Top