Pauline Quirke
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Pauline Quirke (b. 8 July 1959 in London) is an English television actress. Her most memorable role was that of Sharon in the series Birds of a Feather.
Pauline began her career as a child actress at age eight with an appearance in Dixon of Dock Green. She has appeared in many movies and TV shows since that time. She appeared in the movie The Elephant Man (1980).
In 1996 she starred in the BBC television adaptation of The Sculptress by Minette Walters. She recently played a big part in The Bill, in the role of convicted-but-innocent child killer, Cath Wilson. She also starred alongside Warren Clarke in the BBC series Down To Earth from 2000-2003. She appeared in Carrie's War in 2004.
In 2006, Pauline portrayed Colleen McCabe in The Thieving Headmistress.
Pauline has frequently been seen in the audience of hit show Strictly Come Dancing and has appeared on its companion show It Takes Two more than once to talk about how much she enjoys it.
She is happily married to Monitoring Executive David Carnell.
[edit] External links
- Pauline Quirke at the Internet Movie Database
- Pauline Quirke at BBC Comedy Guide
- Pauline Quirke at BBC Drama Faces
- A more detailed biography
