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
18 movies · 8 shows
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
2014·7.5
Brighton Rock
2010·5.7
Bottom Mindless Violence
2004·10.0
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song
2000·5.2
Shadowlands
1993·6.9
Home Away from Home
1993·10.0
Utz
1992·5.8
The House of Bernarda Alba
1991·0.0
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
1989·6.3
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
1988·7.5
Didn't You Kill My Brother?
1988·0.0
Rat in the Skull
1987·0.0
Mona Lisa
1986·6.9
Scrubbers
1982·5.2
Britannia Hospital
1982·6.3
The Long Good Friday
1980·7.2
Far from the Madding Crowd
1967·6.9
Ulysses
1967·5.9