Pauline Quirke
Department: Acting
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
Little Dorrit
1987
Checkout Girl
2000
Arthur's Dyke
2001
Getting It Right
1989
Parkinson at 50
2021
Jenny Can't Work Any Faster
1975
Our Boy
1998
An Audience with Bob Monkhouse
1994
The Canterville Ghost
1997
Sunshine in Brixton
1976
Carrie's War
2004
Distant Voices, Still Lives
1988
The Elephant Man
1980
Junket 89
1970
Beasts: Special Offer
1976
The Trouble with 2B
1972
The Trouble with 2b: Part Three, Trial of Strength
1972
The Trouble with 2b: Part Five, Thirty Years Younger
1972
The Trouble with 2b: Part Four, Parents' Day
1972
The Trouble with 2b: Part One, Happy Days
1972
The Trouble with 2b: Part Six, Blackboard Jungle
1972
The Thieving Headmistress
2006
Last Christmas
1999
Malachi's Cove
1973
The Return of the Soldier
1983
Eleanor
1974
Life After Death
1982
Name for the Day
1980
Baby Talk
1981
Skins
2007
Soccer AM
1995
Going Live!
1987
Birds of a Feather
1989
Softly, Softly
1966
Girls On Top
1985
Office Gossip
2001
Emmerdale
1972
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000
Beasts
1976
Angels
1975
Play for Today
1970
North & South
2004
Down to Earth
2000
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007
Being April
2002
Celebrity Masterchef
2006
As Seen on TV
2009
You Must Be Joking!
1975
Missing
2009
Pauline's Quirkes
1976
Maisie Raine
1998
Shadows
1975
Q.E.D.
1982
Broadchurch
2013
Casualty
1986
An Audience with...
1978
Casualty
1986
The Sculptress
1996
Murder in Mind
2001
You, Me and the Apocalypse
2015
David Copperfield
1999
Ready, Steady, Cook
1994
Play for Today
1970
Play for Today
1970
Shine on Harvey Moon
1982
The Good Sex Guide
1993
Rockliffe's Babies
1987
Hardwicke House
1987
The Duchess of Duke Street
1976
Lovely Couple
1979