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    Pauline Melville

    1948-01-01 (76 years old) in 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

    Movies

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    Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
    73 %|Dec 20, 2014
    Documentary
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    Brighton Rock
    57 %|Sep 13, 2010
    Drama, Thriller, Crime
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    The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song
    48 %|Jul 12, 2000
    Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, TV Movie
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    Shadowlands
    68.99 %|Dec 25, 1993
    Drama, Romance
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    Home Away from Home
    0 %|Jan 2, 1993
    Drama
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    Utz
    54 %|Mar 15, 1992
    Drama
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    The House of Bernarda Alba
    0 %|Dec 18, 1991
    Drama
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    How to Get Ahead in Advertising
    63 %|May 5, 1989
    Fantasy, Comedy, Drama
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    Blackadder's Christmas Carol
    79 %|Dec 23, 1988
    Comedy, TV Movie
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    Didn't You Kill My Brother?
    0 %|Mar 19, 1988
    Comedy
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    Rat in the Skull
    0 %|Jan 1, 1987
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Mona Lisa
    68 %|Jun 13, 1986
    Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
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    Scrubbers
    51 %|Sep 24, 1982
    Drama
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    Britannia Hospital
    64 %|May 27, 1982
    Comedy, Science Fiction
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    The Long Good Friday
    71 %|Nov 1, 1980
    Crime, Thriller, Drama
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    Far from the Madding Crowd
    68 %|Jun 18, 1967
    Drama, History, Romance
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    Ulysses
    60 %|Mar 14, 1967
    Drama

    Series

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    2Point4 Children
    71.47 %|Sep 3, 1991
    Comedy
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    Spender
    70 %|Jan 8, 1991
    Crime, Drama
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    Alexei Sayle's Stuff
    65 %|Oct 13, 1988
    Comedy
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    Red Dwarf
    80 %|Feb 15, 1988
    Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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    Girls On Top
    48.33 %|Oct 23, 1985
    Comedy
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    Blackadder
    80 %|Jun 15, 1983
    Comedy, War & Politics
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    The Young Ones
    79 %|Nov 9, 1982
    Comedy
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    The Young Ones
    79 %|Nov 9, 1982
    Comedy
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    The Comic Strip Presents...
    74 %|Nov 2, 1982
    Comedy
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    Boom Boom... Out Go the Lights
    0 %|Oct 14, 1980
    Comedy