Pauline Quirke

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.

Pauline Quirke

Biography

Known For (Movies)

The Trouble with 2b: Part One, Happy Days

The Trouble with 2b: Part Six, Blackboard Jungle

The Elephant Man

The Trouble with 2b: Part Three, Trial of Strength

Jenny Can't Work Any Faster

The Trouble with 2B

Eleanor

Baby Talk

Junket 89

Getting It Right

The Return of the Soldier

Carrie's War

The Canterville Ghost

Last Christmas

Our Boy

Distant Voices, Still Lives

Parkinson at 50

Sunshine in Brixton

Beasts: Special Offer

Arthur's Dyke

Known For (TV)

Skins

Casualty

Ready, Steady, Cook

Play for Today

Emmerdale

Broadchurch

The Alan Titchmarsh Show

Celebrity Masterchef

Soccer AM

Birds of a Feather

An Audience with...

Angels

Softly, Softly

Going Live!

Murder in Mind

Shine on Harvey Moon

North & South

David Copperfield

You, Me and the Apocalypse

Girls On Top