Pauline Quirke

Acting · Born 1959-07-08 · 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.

Known for

• Parkinson at 50 (2021)
• The Thieving Headmistress (2006)
• Carrie's War (2004)
• Arthur's Dyke (2001)
• Checkout Girl (2000)
• Last Christmas (1999)
• Our Boy (1998)
• The Canterville Ghost (1997)
• An Audience with Bob Monkhouse (1994)
• Getting It Right (1989)
• Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)
• Little Dorrit (1987)
• The Return of the Soldier (1983)
• Life After Death (1982)
• Baby Talk (1981)
• The Elephant Man (1980)
• Name for the Day (1980)
• Sunshine in Brixton (1976)
• Beasts: Special Offer (1976)
• Jenny Can't Work Any Faster (1975)
• Eleanor (1974)
• Malachi's Cove (1973)
• The Trouble with 2B (1972)
• The Trouble with 2b: Part Three, Trial of Strength (1972)