1980Nominee
Best Performance
The Long Good Friday
Pauline Melville
Actor · Writer
Guyana
January 1, 1948
Biography
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
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1993Nominee
Best Performance
Shadowlands
1986Nominee
Best Performance
Mona Lisa
Career Highlights
1989Highlight
Best Performance
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
2010Highlight
Best Performance
Brighton Rock
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The Long Good Friday
Shadowlands
Mona Lisa