Pauline Quirke
Pauline Quirke is a British actress known for her roles in television and film, particularly in the series 'Birds of a Feather' and the musical 'Come From Away'. She has built a reputation for her comedic talent and distinctive voice, captivating audiences with her performances... Read More
Known for
The Elephant Man (1980)
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed...
Broadchurch (2013–2017)
The murder of a young boy in a small coastal town brings a media frenzy, which threatens to tear the community apart.
Personal details
Credits
| Year | Title | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 |
Parkinson at 50Sir Michael Parkinson looks back over his 50 years as a broadcaster, revealing some tricks of the interview trade and... |
Self (archive footage) | |
| 2015 |
You, Me and the ApocalypseWhen the news is announced that a comet is on an unavoidable collision course with Earth, the most hilarious and... |
Paula | |
| 2013 |
Tipping Point: Lucky StarsBen Shephard hosts the quiz show in which three celebrities take on an extraordinary machine in the hope of winning... |
Self - Contestant | |
| 2013 |
BroadchurchThe murder of a young boy in a small coastal town brings a media frenzy, which threatens to tear the... |
Susan Wright | |
| 2009 |
As Seen on TVAs Seen on TV is a BBC television panel game show based around TV trivia. It is produced by Shine... |
Unknown character | |
| 2009 |
MissingDS Mary Jane Croft runs the under-resourced Missing Persons Unit. |
Unknown character | |
| 2007 |
The Alan Titchmarsh ShowThe Alan Titchmarsh Show is a British daytime chat show presented by Alan Titchmarsh. It was first broadcast on ITV... |
Self | |
| 2007 |
SkinsIrreverent comedy drama which follows the messy lives, loves, delirious highs and inevitable lows of a group of raucous teenage... |
DS Blunt | |
| 2006 |
Celebrity MasterchefChef and restaurateur John Torode and food writer and ingredients expert Gregg Wallace search for the country's top celebrity chef. |
Unknown character | |
| 2006 |
The Thieving HeadmistressA Headmistress steals from her own school. As a young girl Colleen McCabe asks a priest in confessional "What is... |
Colleen McCabe | |
| 2004 |
North & SouthMargaret Hale is a southerner from a country vicarage newly settled in the industrial northern town of Milton. In the... |
Dixon | |
| 2004 |
Carrie's WarCarrie's War is an adaptation of a 1973 children's novel by Nina Bawden, set during the Second World War and... |
Unknown character | |
| 2002 |
Being AprilThree kids. Three dads. One mum. April is a 39-year-old single mother living in Leicester, who has had three children... |
April | |
| 2001 |
Arthur's DykeTwenty years ago, three men set out on the longest walk of their lives. They vowed to repeat the walk,... |
Janet | |
| 2001 |
Murder in MindMurder in Mind is a British television thriller drama anthology series of self-contained stories with a murderous theme seen from... |
Jane Saunders | |
| 2001 |
Office GossipOffice Gossip is a British sitcom that aired on BBC One in 2001. Starring Pauline Quirke, it was written by... |
Unknown character | |
| 2000 |
Down to EarthDown to Earth was a BBC One television series first broadcast in 2000 about a couple who start a new... |
Faith Addis | |
| 2000 |
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)A modern day version of the 1969 detective series about Private Investigator Jeff Randall, who is aided in cases by... |
Unknown character | |
| 2000 |
Checkout GirlSupermarket checkout girl Dianne Clarke embarks upon a campaign as a modern day Robin Hood, with no inkling of the... |
Lynda | |
| 1999 |
David CopperfieldA young man journeys from a difficult childhood to maturity, exploring social injustice, personal development, and the complexities of human... |
Peggotty | |
| 1999 |
Last ChristmasA young boy's dream of finding his dead father comes true when his father visits him as an angel. But... |
Gwen | |
| 1998 |
Maisie RaineMaisie Raine was a drama series originally broadcast on BBC1 for 2 series from 28 July 1998 – 9 July... |
D.I. Maisie Raine | |
| 1998 |
Our BoyA parent's grief has no bounds. Our Boy tells the moving and tragic story of one couple’s struggle to come... |
Sonia | |
| 1997 |
The Canterville Ghost'The Canterville Ghost' is one of the most popular choice for making a film in Oscar Wilde's works, and the... |
Madame Murielle | |
| 1996 |
The SculptressWhen author Rosalind Leigh is assigned to write a book about the life of Olive Martin, a woman sentenced to... |
Olive Martin | |
| 1995 |
Soccer AMSoccer AM is a British Saturday-morning football-based comedy/talk show, predominantly based around the Premier League. Originally presented by Jane Hoffen,... |
Self | |
| 1994 |
Ready, Steady, CookTalented chefs battle it out against the clock, creating delicious dishes in 20 minutes |
Self - Guest | |
| 1994 |
An Audience with Bob MonkhouseThe late, great comedian Bob Monkhouse entertains a celebrity audience that includes Stephen Fry, Mandy Smith and Eamonn Holmes in... |
Unknown character | |
| 1993 |
The Good Sex GuideMargi Clarke presented the show which was broadcast on late nights on ITV. The show ran for three series. The... |
Self | |
| 1989 |
Birds of a FeatherBirds of a Feather is a British sitcom that was broadcast on BBC One from 1989 until 1998 and on... |
Sharon Theodopolopodos | |
| 1989 |
Getting It RightGavin is 31 years old and still lives with his parents. He is awfully shy but before he knows it... |
Muriel Sutton | |
| 1988 |
Distant Voices, Still LivesSiblings Maisie and Tony, along with their mother, gather for their sister Eileen's wedding. It is a joyous occasion, but... |
Doreen | |
| 1987 |
Little DorritAmy Dorrit spends her days earning money for the family and looking after her proud father who is a long... |
Maggy | |
| 1987 |
Going Live!Going Live! was a Saturday morning magazine show, broadcast on BBC1 between 1987 and 1993. It was presented by Phillip... |
Self | |
| 1987 |
Hardwicke HouseHardwicke House is a 1987 British sitcom produced by Central Independent Television for ITV. Seven spisodes were made, but the... |
Gladys | |
| 1987 |
Rockliffe's BabiesRockliffe's Babies is a British television police procedural devised by Richard O'Keefe, and starring Ian Hogg as maverick Detective Sergeant... |
Lorraine Morelli | |
| 1986 |
CasualtyDrama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their... |
Mary Taylor | |
| 1986 |
CasualtyDrama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their... |
Jackie Rogers | |
| 1985 |
Girls On TopFour girls share a flat together in London. Having nothing in common aside from their gender, they barely manage to... |
Cleaner | |
| 1983 |
The Return of the SoldierThe horrors of World War I have robbed returning veteran Chris Baldry of his memory. The traumatized soldier doesn't even... |
Girl Searching in Hospital | |
| 1982 |
Q.E.D.Q.E.D. is a 1982 short-lived adventure series set in Edwardian England, starring Sam Waterston as Professor Quentin Everett Deverill. The... |
Unknown character | |
| 1982 |
Life After Death"We were so close, we loved each other, we made a whole together. I feel cut in half." Meg struggles... |
Checkout Girl | |
| 1982 |
Shine on Harvey MoonShine on Harvey Moon! is a British comedy-drama series made by Central Television for ITV from 8 January 1982 to... |
Veronica | |
| 1981 |
Baby TalkIt's such a simple, natural thing to have a baby, thinks Mary. But she and husband Paul are preoccupied with... |
Tessa | |
| 1980 |
Name for the DayClive decides he will go mad. Stark raving mad. His wife doesn't take him seriously, until Clive does something that... |
Ann | |
| 1980 |
The Elephant ManA Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous... |
2nd Whore | |
| 1979 |
Lovely CoupleIn order to get parental permission to holiday together, a young couple announce their non-existent engagement. |
Carole Richards | |
| 1978 |
An Audience with...An Audience with... is a British entertainment television show produced by London Weekend Television, in which a host, usually a... |
Self | |
| 1976 | Unknown character | ||
| 1976 |
BeastsBeasts is a series of six television plays by Manx writer Nigel Kneale, unconnected but for a bestial horror theme,... |
Noreen Beale | |
| 1976 |
Beasts: Special OfferA misfit teenage checkout operator has an unrequited crush on her supermarket manager. At the same shop's cuddly cartoon mascot... |
Noreen Beale | |
| 1976 |
The Duchess of Duke StreetIn Victorian London, Louisa Leyton works her way up from servant to renowned cook to proprietress of the upper-class Bentinck... |
Pearl | |
| 1976 |
Sunshine in BrixtonSixteen-year-old Otis loathes school. He wants to be a professional footballer, but is good at drawing, so his mother wants... |
Marilyn | |
| 1976 |
Plays for BritainAn anthology series of six contemporary plays from writers at relatively early stages in their careers. |
Marilyn | |
| 1975 |
Jenny Can't Work Any FasterJenny is an autistic teenager. Her father is concerned about her being withdrawn and hopes that employing her in his... |
Jenny | |
| 1975 |
ShadowsShadows is a British Supernatural television anthology series produced by Thames Television for ITV between 1975 and 1978. Extending over... |
Dawn | |
| 1975 |
AngelsAngels is a BBC medical soap-opera which launched on 1st September 1975 and was the blue print for such medical... |
Unknown character | |
| 1975 | Unknown character | ||
| 1974 |
EleanorEleanor seems normal enough to her parents and teachers. Why then has she disappeared? |
Eleanor | |
| 1973 |
Malachi's CoveA tough young girl lives with her aging grandfather near a cove on the coast of Cornwall. She supports herself... |
Girl in Store | |
| 1972 |
EmmerdaleThe lives of several families in the Yorkshire Dales revolve around a farm and the nearby village. With murders, affairs,... |
Unknown character | |
| 1972 |
The Trouble with 2b: Part Four, Parents' DayA series of six short films concerning the adventures of form 2B and their inventive science master, Mr Potter |
Unknown character | |
| 1972 |
The Trouble with 2b: Part Six, Blackboard JungleA series of six short films concerning the adventures of form 2B and their inventive science master, Mr Potter |
Unknown character | |
| 1972 |
The Trouble with 2b: Part Three, Trial of StrengthA series of six short films concerning the adventures of form 2B and their inventive science master, Mr Potter |
Unknown character | |
| 1972 |
The Trouble with 2b: Part Five, Thirty Years YoungerA series of six short films concerning the adventures of form 2B and their inventive science master, Mr Potter |
Unknown character | |
| 1972 |
The Trouble with 2b: Part One, Happy DaysA series of six short films concerning the adventures of form 2B and their inventive science master, Mr Potter |
Molly | |
| 1972 |
The Trouble with 2BIt isn't really the fault of the children in 2B that their efforts to be helpful end in disaster. |
Unknown character | |
| 1970 |
Play for TodayPlay for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970... |
Ann | |
| 1970 |
Play for TodayPlay for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970... |
Tessa | |
| 1970 |
Play for TodayPlay for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970... |
Eleanor | |
| 1970 |
Junket 89Science-fiction comedy: Junket, a schoolboy, borrows an apparatus invented by the absent-minded science master for transporting matter - and, by... |
Unknown character | |
| 1966 |
Softly, SoftlySoftly, Softly is a British television drama series, produced by the BBC and screened on BBC 1 from January 1966.... |
Unknown character |
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Got a question about Pauline Quirke?
Pauline Quirke is best known for her role in the sitcom 'Birds of a Feather' and her performance in the musical 'Come From Away'.
Yes, she won the Best Comedy Performance at the British Comedy Awards for her work in 'Birds of a Feather'.
Pauline Quirke's first film appearance was in 'The Elephant Man' in 1980, where she had a supporting role.
Pauline Quirke's estimated net worth is around $5 million, reflecting her successful career in acting.
Pauline Quirke has two children, Charlie Quirke and Emily Quirke, both of whom are publicly known.
Pauline Quirke is known for her comedic timing and expressive performances, often bringing humor to her roles.
Highlights of her career include her long-running role in 'Birds of a Feather' and her recent performance in 'Come From Away'.
Yes, in addition to comedy, Pauline Quirke has appeared in drama and musicals, showcasing her versatility as an actress.