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Pauline Melville

Pauline Melville

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

Personal information

Birthday

1948-01-01

Birth Place

Guyana

Movies and TV shows :

poster

2Point4 Children

1991

7.2

TV
poster

Alexei Sayle's Stuff

1988

6.5

TV
poster

Blackadder

1983

8.0

TV
Blackadder's Christmas Carol

Blackadder's Christmas Carol

1988

7.9

Movie
poster

Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights

1980

0.0

TV
Brighton Rock

Brighton Rock

2010

5.7

Movie
Britannia Hospital

Britannia Hospital

1982

6.3

Movie
Didn't You Kill My Brother?

Didn't You Kill My Brother?

1988

0.0

Movie
Far from the Madding Crowd

Far from the Madding Crowd

1967

6.8

Movie
poster

Girls On Top

1985

4.8

TV
Home Away from Home

Home Away from Home

1993

0.0

Movie
How to Get Ahead in Advertising

How to Get Ahead in Advertising

1989

6.3

Movie
Mona Lisa

Mona Lisa

1986

6.9

Movie
Rat in the Skull

Rat in the Skull

1987

0.0

Movie
poster

Red Dwarf

1988

8.0

TV
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule

Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule

2014

7.3

Movie
Scrubbers

Scrubbers

1982

5.2

Movie
Shadowlands

Shadowlands

1993

6.9

Movie
poster

Spender

1991

7.0

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

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

2000

4.8

Movie
poster

The Comic Strip Presents...

1982

7.3

TV
The House of Bernarda Alba

The House of Bernarda Alba

1991

0.0

Movie
The Long Good Friday

The Long Good Friday

1980

7.1

Movie
poster

The Young Ones

1982

7.9

TV
Ulysses

Ulysses

1967

6.0

Movie
Utz

Utz

1992

5.4

Movie