Pauline Quirke

Personal Info

Birthday

July 8, 1959

(66 years old)

Place of Birth

Hackney, London, England, UK

Also Known As

Pauline Perpetua Quirke

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Pauline Quirke

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.

Known For

Skins

Casualty

Broadchurch

Play for Today

Birds of a Feather

Murder in Mind

The Elephant Man

North & South

Filmography

2021
Parkinson at 50
as Self (archive footage)
2006
The Thieving Headmistress
as Colleen McCabe
2001
Arthur's Dyke
as Janet
2000
Checkout Girl
as Lynda
1999
Last Christmas
as Gwen
1998
Our Boy
as Sonia
1997
The Canterville Ghost
as Madame Murielle
1989
Getting It Right
as Muriel Sutton
1988
Distant Voices, Still Lives
as Doreen
1987
Little Dorrit
as Maggy
1983
The Return of the Soldier
as Girl Searching in Hospital
1982
Life After Death
as Checkout Girl
1981
Baby Talk
as Tessa
1980
Name for the Day
as Ann
The Elephant Man
as 2nd Whore
1976
Beasts: Special Offer
as Noreen Beale
Sunshine in Brixton
as Marilyn
1975
Jenny Can't Work Any Faster
as Jenny
1974
Eleanor
as Eleanor
1973
Malachi's Cove
as Girl in Store
1972
The Trouble with 2b: Part One, Happy Days
as Molly