Pauline Quirke
Date of birth: 1959-07-08
Place of birth: Hackney, London, England, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Pauline Perpetua Quirke, 宝林·奎克
Biography
Pauline Perpetua Quirke is a retired English television and film actress, best known for her role as Sharon in the long-running BBC comedy series "Birds of a Feather". In 2025, Quirke's husband announced that she would be retiring from all professional and commercial duties due to a diagnosis of dementia which she had received in 2021.
Movie Credits
Little Dorrit
1987-12-11
Amy Dorrit spends her days earning money for the family and looking after her proud father who is a
Checkout Girl
2000-01-01
Supermarket checkout girl Dianne Clarke embarks upon a campaign as a modern day Robin Hood, with no
Arthur's Dyke
2001-10-19
Twenty years ago, three men set out on the longest walk of their lives. They vowed to repeat the wal
Getting It Right
1989-05-05
Gavin is 31 years old and still lives with his parents. He is awfully shy but before he knows it the
Parkinson at 50
2021-08-28
Sir Michael Parkinson looks back over his 50 years as a broadcaster, revealing some tricks of the in
Jenny Can't Work Any Faster
1975-12-08
Jenny is an autistic teenager. Her father is concerned about her being withdrawn and hopes that empl
Our Boy
1998-02-15
A parent's grief has no bounds. Our Boy tells the moving and tragic story of one couple’s struggle t
An Audience with Bob Monkhouse
1994-05-21
The late, great comedian Bob Monkhouse entertains a celebrity audience that includes Stephen Fry, Ma
The Canterville Ghost
1997-10-31
'The Canterville Ghost' is one of the most popular choice for making a film in Oscar Wilde's works,
Sunshine in Brixton
1976-04-19
Sixteen-year-old Otis loathes school. He wants to be a professional footballer, but is good at drawi
Carrie's War
2004-01-01
Carrie's War is an adaptation of a 1973 children's novel by Nina Bawden, set during the Second World
Distant Voices, Still Lives
1988-11-16
Siblings Maisie and Tony, along with their mother, gather for their sister Eileen's wedding. It is a
The Elephant Man
1980-10-09
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show
Junket 89
1970-09-09
Science-fiction comedy: Junket, a schoolboy, borrows an apparatus invented by the absent-minded scie
Beasts: Special Offer
1976-10-16
A misfit teenage checkout operator has an unrequited crush on her supermarket manager. At the same s
The Trouble with 2B
1972-01-01
It isn't really the fault of the children in 2B that their efforts to be helpful end in disaster.
The Trouble with 2b: Part Three, Trial of Strength
1972-01-01
A series of six short films concerning the adventures of form 2B and their inventive science master,
The Trouble with 2b: Part Five, Thirty Years Younger
1972-01-01
A series of six short films concerning the adventures of form 2B and their inventive science master,
The Trouble with 2b: Part Four, Parents' Day
1972-01-01
A series of six short films concerning the adventures of form 2B and their inventive science master,
The Trouble with 2b: Part One, Happy Days
1972-01-01
A series of six short films concerning the adventures of form 2B and their inventive science master,
The Trouble with 2b: Part Six, Blackboard Jungle
1972-01-01
A series of six short films concerning the adventures of form 2B and their inventive science master,
The Thieving Headmistress
2006-06-06
A Headmistress steals from her own school. As a young girl Colleen McCabe asks a priest in confessi
Last Christmas
1999-12-22
A young boy's dream of finding his dead father comes true when his father visits him as an angel. Bu
Malachi's Cove
1973-10-01
A tough young girl lives with her aging grandfather near a cove on the coast of Cornwall. She suppor
The Return of the Soldier
1983-01-06
The horrors of World War I have robbed returning veteran Chris Baldry of his memory. The traumatized
Eleanor
1974-12-12
Eleanor seems normal enough to her parents and teachers. Why then has she disappeared?
Life After Death
1982-02-02
"We were so close, we loved each other, we made a whole together. I feel cut in half." Meg struggles
Name for the Day
1980-12-16
Clive decides he will go mad. Stark raving mad. His wife doesn't take him seriously, until Clive doe
Baby Talk
1981-04-21
It's such a simple, natural thing to have a baby, thinks Mary. But she and husband Paul are preoccup