3 w. ago Shirley Valentine gave Pauline Collins a role to match her talent. She seized it with style and glee

The film for which the actor, who has died aged 85, is best-remembered is also that in which she was afforded most airtime. If only more film-makers had managed to channel her warm, sharp charmPauline Collins was the smart, funny, cherubically sexy female actor in the 1970s who became a recognisable star on both sides of the Atlantic in the smash hit British TV show Upstairs, Downstairs, the Downton Abbey of its day.She played Sarah, the pert-yet-vulnerable parlour maid with a dodgy past, who has a relationship with the handsome chauffeur Thomas, played by Collins’s real-life husband, John Alderton. It was a TV marriage that the public loved and which carried on into spinoff shows Thomas and Sarah and No, Honestly. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: How Pauline Collins, the star of Shirley Valentine, inspired so many lovelorn women

Shirley Valentine, the romantic comedy smash hit of the 1980s, made a global star of Pauline Collins, an actress already much loved by British television viewers.

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3 w. ago Shirley Valentine and Liver Birds actress Pauline Collins dies aged 85

She gained an Oscar nomination for her role in the 1989 Scouse-set drama

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3 w. ago Pauline Collins, British actress who won cult following for Shirley Valentine, dies at 85

Pauline Collins, the versatile British actress who won a cult following for her portrayal on stage and on screen of a disillusioned middle-aged housewife finding excitement in Greece, has died

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3 w. ago Shirley Valentine star Pauline Collins dies at 85 after Parkinson's battle in care home

Pauline Collins, who was best known for playing the title character in play Shirley Valentine, has died at the age of 85 after battling Parkinson's disease.

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3 w. ago Pauline Collins dies aged 85: Shirley Valentine star passes away 'peacefully' after battle with Parkinson's disease

Shirley Valentine actor Pauline Collins has died aged 85.

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3 w. ago Pauline Collins dead: Shirley Valentine actress dies after years of Parkinson's disease

Actress Pauline Collins has died aged 85 as her husband John Alderton paid a touching tribute, saying her 'her greatest performance' was being his wife and mother to their children

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3 w. ago Shirley Valentine star Pauline Collins dies after battling disease for years

The Liver Birds and Emergency Ward 10 actress Pauline Collins has died in a London care home surrounded by her family, which they confirmed in a poignant statement

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