Pauline Quirke photo

Pauline Quirke

Acting

  • Born
  • July 8, 1959
  • 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.

As actor 72

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