Upstairs, Downstairs: The Mistress and the Maids
10:05 pm - 11:05 pm, Tuesday, December 16 on That's TV 3 (MCR) (86)
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The Mistress and the Maids
Season 1, Episode 2
Richard Bellamy engages a Bohemian artist to paint a portrait of Lady Marjorie - but the painter is more interested in capturing Sarah on canvas
General
Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
David Langton
(Actor)
.. Richard Bellamy
Rachel Gurney
(Actor)
.. Lady Marjorie Bellamy
Pauline Collins
(Actor)
.. Sarah
Derek Bennett
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
David Langton
(Actor)
.. Richard Bellamy
Rachel Gurney
(Actor)
.. Lady Marjorie Bellamy
Pauline Collins
(Actor)
.. Sarah
Born:
September 03, 1940
in
Exmouth, Devon
Best Known For:
Shirley Valentine.
Early-life:
Pauline Collins was born on September 3rd, 1940, to Irish parents living in Exmouth, Devon. The family moved to the Liverpool area when she was very young. After her convent school education, she trained to be a teacher, but soon realised the job wasn't for her, prompting her to begin acting part-time. She quit her job in a school in 1962, five years after her first TV appearance as a nurse in an episode of ITV soap opera Emergency Ward 10.
Career:
Collins made her West End debut in 1967. She starred in the first series of sitcom The Liver Birds, but didn't become a household name until getting a regular role in Upstairs Downstairs in 1971. She also starred in its spin-off, Thomas and Sarah. Collins continued to work steadily through the 1980s until landing the role of Shirley Valentine in the original stage production. She won numerous awards for her performance both in London and New York, then reprised the role in the 1989 movie version, for which she was Oscar-nominated. Since then she's starred in such projects as The Ambassador, Forever Green, City of Joy, Paradise Road, Bleak House, Doctor Who, Agatha Christie's Marple, and Merlin.
Quote:
"As I've got older I've developed a desire to work a little less because I want what I do to be terrific."
Trivia:
She wed actor John Alderton in 1969.
Derek Bennett
(Director)
