Pauline Quirke
Actor
Born July 8, 1959 in Hackney, London, England, UK
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
Parkinson at 50
Self (archive footage)
You, Me and the Apocalypse
Paula
Tipping Point: Lucky Stars
Self - Contestant
Broadchurch
Susan Wright
Missing
Skins
DS Blunt
Celebrity Masterchef
The Thieving Headmistress
Colleen McCabe
North & South
Dixon
Carrie's War
Being April
April
Arthur's Dyke
Janet
Murder in Mind
Jane Saunders
David Copperfield
Peggotty
Last Christmas
Gwen
Maisie Raine
D.I. Maisie Raine
Our Boy
Sonia
The Canterville Ghost
Madame Murielle
The Sculptress
Olive Martin
Soccer AM
Self
Ready, Steady, Cook
Self - Guest
An Audience with Bob Monkhouse
Birds of a Feather
Sharon Theodopolopodos
Getting It Right
Muriel Sutton
Distant Voices, Still Lives
Doreen
Little Dorrit
Maggy
Going Live!
Self
Hardwicke House
Gladys
Rockliffe's Babies
Lorraine Morelli
Casualty
Mary Taylor
Girls On Top
Cleaner
The Return of the Soldier
Girl Searching in Hospital
Q.E.D.
Jane
Life After Death
Checkout Girl
Shine on Harvey Moon
Veronica
Baby Talk
Tessa
Name for the Day
Ann
The Elephant Man
2nd Whore
Lovely Couple
Carole Richards
An Audience with...
Self
Beasts: Special Offer
Noreen Beale
Beasts
Noreen Beale
The Duchess of Duke Street
Pearl
Sunshine in Brixton
Marilyn
Plays for Britain
Marilyn
Shadows
Dawn
Angels
Eleanor
Eleanor
Malachi's Cove
Girl in Store
Emmerdale
Play for Today
Eleanor
Junket 89
Softly, Softly