Pauline Melville
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as George's Wife Mona Lisa 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
Filmography
The Long Good Friday
as Dora
Shadowlands
as Committee Chairwoman
Mona Lisa
as George's Wife
Brighton Rock
as Mother Superior
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
as Sylvia Wallace
Far from the Madding Crowd
as Mrs. Tall
Britannia Hospital
as Clarissa
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
as Mrs Scratchit
Scrubbers
as Crow
Ulysses
as Prostitute
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song
as Maisie Kemp
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
as Self
Utz
as Curator
Home Away from Home
as Neighbour
Bottom Mindless Violence
as Mrs. Basterd (archive footage) (uncredited)
The House of Bernarda Alba
as Prudencia
Rat in the Skull
as IRA Woman
Didn't You Kill My Brother?
as Pauline Sneak