Pauline Collins

Pauline Collins OBE is a British actress. She first came to prominence portraying Sarah Moffat in Upstairs, Downstairs. In 2011, she was cast as part of Sky’s new comedy Mount Pleasant. She campaigned on behalf of an animal to save it from extinction.

About Pauline Collins in brief

Summary Pauline CollinsPauline Collins OBE is a British actress. She first came to prominence portraying Sarah Moffat in Upstairs, Downstairs. In 1992, she released her autobiography, titled Letter to Louise. Collins played the title role in the play Shirley Valentine for which she won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress. She also starred in the television dramas Forever Green and The Ambassador. In 2005, she appeared as Miss Flite in the BBC production of Charles Dickens’ Bleak House. In 2006, she became the third actor to have been in both the original and new series of Doctor Who.

In 2011, she was cast as part of Sky’s new comedy Mount Pleasant. She campaigned on behalf of an animal to save it from extinction. In December 2007, she won a public vote and won the public vote to save the Bengal tiger and the tiger’s mother, Lisa, in Mount Pleasant’s new series Extinct. She is of Irish extraction, and was brought up as a Roman Catholic in Wallasey in Liverpool. Collins was educated at Sacred Heart High School and studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. Before turning to acting, she worked as a teacher until 1962.