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Actor. For many, actress Pauline Collins will always be associated with the title role in the film Shirley Valentine (d. Lewis Gilbert, 1988), and for the maid Sarah in Upstairs, Downstairs (1971-1973), ITV's long-running drama of turn-of-the-century manners in a London household. However, straddling these roles is an impressive range of TV, film, and theatre work that was recognised with an ...
Dec 15, 2022 · Actor Pauline Collins was born on September 3, 1940 in the United Kingdom. She rose to fame as Sarah Moffat in the television series Thomas & Sarah and Upstairs, Downstairs. She also portrayed Shirley Valentine, the play's lead character. Pauline was honoured for this by receiving both the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play and the Laurence ...
A holiday in Greece refreshes an unhappy middle aged Liverpool housewife in more ways than one. Genre. Comedy. Monodrama. Shirley Valentine is a one-character play by Willy Russell. [1] [2] Taking the form of a monologue by a middle-aged, working class Liverpool housewife, it focuses on her life before and after a transforming holiday abroad.
Pauline Collins war weitgehend filmunerfahren – ihr Debüt gab sie mit der weiblichen Hauptrolle in dem hochspekulativen B-Filmchen Das Skandalgirl von Soho – als sie 1988 für die Verfilmung von Shirley Valentine (deutscher Titel: Shirley Valentine – Auf Wiedersehen, mein lieber Mann) unter der Regie des Bond-Film-Routiniers Lewis Gilbert verpflichtet wurde.
Pauline Collins and husband John Alderton at 'The Time Of Their Lives' World Premiere on March 08, 2017 in London, England
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 Shirley Valentine for which she received Laurence Olivier, Tony, and Drama Desk awards.
Pauline Collins. Actress: Shirley Valentine. Collins entered motion pictures as a stripper in the exploitation film, Secrets of a Windmill Girl (1966), and television, as a maid in the British drama series Upstairs, Downstairs (1971). In 1988, she starred in the one-woman play 'Shirley Valentine' in London, and soon after, brought the role to Broadway, winning a Tony Award.
