Pauline Quirke

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.

Cast

Little Dorrit

Maggy

Checkout Girl

Lynda

Arthur's Dyke

Janet

Getting It Right

Muriel Sutton

Parkinson at 50

Self (archive footage)

Jenny Can't Work Any Faster

Jenny

Our Boy

Sonia

An Audience with Bob Monkhouse

Unknown

The Canterville Ghost

Madame Murielle

Sunshine in Brixton

Marilyn

Carrie's War

Unknown

Distant Voices, Still Lives

Doreen

The Elephant Man

2nd Whore

Junket 89

Unknown

Beasts: Special Offer

Noreen Beale

The Trouble with 2B

Unknown

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

Unknown

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

Unknown

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

Unknown

The Trouble with 2b: Part One, Happy Days

Molly

The Trouble with 2b: Part Six, Blackboard Jungle

Unknown

The Thieving Headmistress

Colleen McCabe

Last Christmas

Gwen

Malachi's Cove

Girl in Store

The Return of the Soldier

Girl Searching in Hospital

Eleanor

Eleanor

Life After Death

Checkout Girl

Name for the Day

Ann

Baby Talk

Tessa