Pauline Melville
Birthday: 1948-01-01 | Place of Birth: GuyanaPauline 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
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Known For
Acting
Year
Title
Role
1993
Home Away from Home
as Neighbour
1991
The House of Bernarda Alba
as Prudencia
1988
Didn't You Kill My Brother?
as Pauline Sneak
1987
Rat in the Skull
as IRA Woman
1986
Mona Lisa
as George's Wife
1984
Scrubbers
as Crow
