Pauline Quirke
Acting1959Hackney, London, England, UK
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
Acting History
2021
Parkinson at 50
as Self (archive footage)
2015
You, Me and the Apocalypse
TVas Paula
2013
Broadchurch
TVas Susan Wright• 10 eps
2010
Skins
TVas DS Blunt• 3 eps
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
TVas Self• 2 eps
2006
The Thieving Headmistress
as Colleen McCabe
Soccer AM
TVas Self• 1 eps
2004
North & South
TVas Dixon
2002
Murder in Mind
TVas Jane Saunders• 1 eps
Being April
TVas April
2001
Arthur's Dyke
as Janet
2000
1999
Last Christmas
as Gwen
David Copperfield
TVas Peggotty• 2 eps
1998
Our Boy
as Sonia
Maisie Raine
TVas D.I. Maisie Raine
1997
The Canterville Ghost
as Madame Murielle
1996
The Sculptress
TVas Olive Martin
1994
Ready, Steady, Cook
TVas Self - Guest
An Audience with...
TVas Self• 2 eps
1993
The Good Sex Guide
TVas Self
1990
Going Live!
TVas Self• 2 eps
1989
Getting It Right
as Muriel Sutton
Birds of a Feather
TVas Sharon Theodopolopodos• 126 eps
1988
Distant Voices, Still Lives
as Doreen
1987
1986
Casualty
TVas Jackie Rogers / Mary Taylor
1985
Girls On Top
TVas Cleaner
1983
The Return of the Soldier
as Girl Searching in Hospital
1982
1981
Baby Talk
as Tessa
Play for Today
TVas Tessa• 1 eps
1980
Name for the Day
as Ann
The Elephant Man
as 2nd Whore
1979
Lovely Couple
TVas Carole Richards
1976
Sunshine in Brixton
as Marilyn
Beasts: Special Offer
as Noreen Beale
Beasts
TVas Noreen Beale
The Duchess of Duke Street
TVas Pearl
1975
1974
Eleanor
as Eleanor
1973
Malachi's Cove
as Girl in Store
1971
1970