\u201cWe particularly want to thank her carers: angels who looked after her with dignity, compassion, and most of all love. She could not have had a more peaceful goodbye. We hope you will remember her at the height of her powers; so joyful and full of energy; and give us the space and privacy to contemplate a life without her.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pauline was married to actor John Alderton, with whom she frequently appeared on stage and screen.<\/p>\n
Actors Pauline Collins and John Alderton in character as Sarah and Thomas on the set of period drama Upstairs, Downstairs, circa 1973. Photo \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n
The pair were one of Britain\u2019s best-known acting couples, performing together in Upstairs, Downstairs and Thomas and Sarah.<\/p>\n
They had three children \u2013 Nicholas, Kate and Richard.<\/p>\n
Born in Devon and raised in Wallasey, Cheshire, Pauline trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama after working briefly as a teacher.<\/p>\n
Her early television success came in the BBC sitcom The Liver Birds, before her breakthrough role in Shirley Valentine made her an international star.<\/p>\n
The 1989 film, adapted from Willy Russell\u2019s stage play, earned her a Best Actress nomination at the Academy Awards and a Golden Globe win for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical.<\/p>\n
The film followed the life of a Liverpool housewife who rediscovers herself on a trip to Greece \u2013 a performance that became one of the defining portrayals of British cinema in the 1980s.<\/p>\n
Pauline\u2019s extensive career also included performances in No Sex Please, We\u2019re British, Wodehouse Playhouse, Forever Green and The Time of Their Lives.<\/p>\n
Her stage work spanned decades, with roles in London\u2019s West End and regional theatre productions.<\/p>\n
She continued acting well into later life, appearing in film and television projects including Albert Nobbs, The Royale Family and The Last Detective.<\/p>\n
Pauline is survived by her husband John, their children and grandchildren.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cWe particularly want to thank her carers: angels who looked after her with dignity, compassion, and most of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":121751,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[12621,6876,18919,1975,14801,36177,6179,7126,156,111,139,69,1118,85453,85454,2737,85455],"class_list":["post-121750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-12621","tag-actress","tag-aged","tag-at","tag-british","tag-collins","tag-died","tag-dies","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-of","tag-pauline","tag-shirley","tag-star","tag-valentine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}