
Acting
Born January 1, 1948 · Guyana
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

Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
2014

Brighton Rock
2010

Bottom Mindless Violence
2004

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song
2000

Shadowlands
1993

Home Away from Home
1993

Utz
1992

The House of Bernarda Alba
1991

How to Get Ahead in Advertising
1989

Blackadder's Christmas Carol
1988

Didn't You Kill My Brother?
1988
Rat in the Skull
1987

Mona Lisa
1986

Scrubbers
1982

Britannia Hospital
1982

The Long Good Friday
1980

Far from the Madding Crowd
1967

Ulysses
1967