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Pauline discovered acting at the age of 9 when two after school clubs were formed by the local teachers. One was Country Dancing and the other was a Drama Club. Not fancying Country Dancing Pauline chose the Drama Club. And has not stopped pleasing the nation since.
From this, professional work followed almost by accident. In that very year (still aged 9), she was cast in her first professional role as a child arsonist in Dixon of Dock Green and it all evolved from there. Since then Pauline has appeared in numerous programs including her own chat show at the age of 15 entitled Pauline’s People going on to such productions as The Further Adventures of Oliver Twist the 80’s hospital series Angels and Shine on Harvey Moon. Some of her 90’s roles were in; Our Boy and Last Christmas, (with Ray Winstone) Real Women (with Michelle Collins and Francis Barber), Maisie Raine, David Copperfield (with Daniel Radcliffe), Being April, Office Gossip and North & South. Not forgetting her Bafta nominated portrayal of Olive Martin in the award wining drama The Sculptress.
And of course, least we forget Pauline is still most famous for her role as Sharon in 101 episodes of Birds of a Feather which we have now after 15 years away re-created on the stage with the original cast of Linda Robson and Lesley Joseph, in addition Pauline and Linda are joined on stage by their own children Charlie Quirke & Louis Dunford. (see; www.birdsontour.com).
Although not really known for films, amongst others she has still appeared in The Elephant Man, Little Dorrit, Still Lives – Distant Voices and more recently in Redemption Road and Arthur’s Dyke. Pauline has won the Royal Television Society award for ‘Best Comedy New-Comer’ the coveted Fipa D’or Biarritz award at the Cannes Television Awards, and a BAFTA nomination.