Pauline Quirke

Jul 08, 1959 (66 years old) 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.

Known For

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Casualty

Mary Taylor

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Play for Today

Eleanor

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Skins

DS Blunt

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Broadchurch

Susan Wright

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Birds of a Feather

Sharon Theodopolopodos

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Emmerdale

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Softly, Softly

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Angels

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Little Dorrit

Maggy

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Parkinson at 50

Self (archive footage)

Credits

Parkinson at 50 2021

Self (archive footage)

★ 10
You, Me and the Apocalypse 2015

Paula

★ 6.8
Broadchurch 2013

Susan Wright

★ 7.9
As Seen on TV 2009

★ NR
Missing 2009

★ 1.5
Skins 2007

DS Blunt

★ 8.1
Celebrity Masterchef 2006

★ 5.8
The Thieving Headmistress 2006

Colleen McCabe

★ 7
North & South 2004

Dixon

★ 8.1
Carrie's War 2004

★ 7.4
Being April 2002

April

★ 4.5
Arthur's Dyke 2001

Janet

★ 5.5
Murder in Mind 2001

Jane Saunders

★ 8.4
Office Gossip 2001

★ 6
Down to Earth 2000

Faith Addis

★ 2
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) 2000

★ 6.5
Checkout Girl 2000

Lynda

★ NR
David Copperfield 1999

Peggotty

★ 7.1
Last Christmas 1999

Gwen

★ 2
Maisie Raine 1998

D.I. Maisie Raine

★ NR
Our Boy 1998

Sonia

★ 6
The Canterville Ghost 1997

Madame Murielle

★ NR
The Sculptress 1996

Olive Martin

★ 6
Ready, Steady, Cook 1994

Self - Guest

★ NR
An Audience with Bob Monkhouse 1994

★ 7
The Good Sex Guide 1993

Self

★ 3.5
Birds of a Feather 1989

Sharon Theodopolopodos

★ 6.1
Getting It Right 1989

Muriel Sutton

★ 6.5
Distant Voices, Still Lives 1988

Doreen

★ 6.8
Little Dorrit 1987

Maggy

★ 6.5
Going Live! 1987

Self

★ 6
Rockliffe's Babies 1987

Lorraine Morelli

★ 5.2
Casualty 1986

Mary Taylor

★ 6.1
Girls On Top 1985

Cleaner

★ 4.3
The Return of the Soldier 1983

Girl Searching in Hospital

★ 6.2
Q.E.D. 1982

★ 6.8
Life After Death 1982

Checkout Girl

★ NR
Shine on Harvey Moon 1982

Veronica

★ 7.6
Baby Talk 1981

Tessa

★ 7
Name for the Day 1980

Ann

★ NR
The Elephant Man 1980

2nd Whore

★ 8
Lovely Couple 1979

★ 6
Pauline's Quirkes 1976

★ 5
Beasts: Special Offer 1976

Noreen Beale

★ NR
Beasts 1976

Noreen Beale

★ 7
The Duchess of Duke Street 1976

★ 8
Sunshine in Brixton 1976

Marilyn

★ NR
Jenny Can't Work Any Faster 1975

Jenny

★ NR
Shadows 1975

Dawn

★ 5.7
Angels 1975

★ 3.7
You Must Be Joking! 1975

★ NR
Eleanor 1974

Eleanor

★ NR
Malachi's Cove 1973

Girl in Store

★ 6.1
Emmerdale 1972

★ 4.2
The Trouble with 2B 1972

★ NR
The Trouble with 2b: Part Three, Trial of Strength 1972

★ NR
The Trouble with 2b: Part Four, Parents' Day 1972

★ NR
The Trouble with 2b: Part One, Happy Days 1972

Molly

★ NR
The Trouble with 2b: Part Six, Blackboard Jungle 1972

★ NR
The Trouble with 2b: Part Five, Thirty Years Younger 1972

★ NR
Play for Today 1970

Eleanor

★ 6.3
Junket 89 1970

★ 5.5
Softly, Softly 1966

★ 5