Pauline Quirke

Actress

Born: July 8, 1959 (66 years old)

Place of birth: Hackney, 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.

Filmography (19)

• Carrie's War (2004, ★ 7.4)
• The Elephant Man (1980, ★ 8)
• Skins (2007, ★ 8.1)
• North & South (2004, ★ 8.1)
• Broadchurch (2013, ★ 7.9)
• Murder in Mind (2001, ★ 8.4)
• Shine on Harvey Moon (1982, ★ 7.6)
• The Duchess of Duke Street (1976, ★ 8)
• Little Dorrit (1987, ★ 6.2)
• Getting It Right (1989, ★ 6.5)
• Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988, ★ 6.8)
• Malachi's Cove (1973, ★ 6.1)
• The Return of the Soldier (1983, ★ 6.2)
• Birds of a Feather (1989, ★ 6.1)
• Beasts (1976, ★ 7)
• Play for Today (1970, ★ 6.3)
• You, Me and the Apocalypse (2015, ★ 6.8)
• David Copperfield (1999, ★ 7.1)
• Girls On Top (1985, ★ 4.3)