Pauline Quirke
Acting

Pauline Quirke

Born 8 July 1959 · Hackney, London, England, UK
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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

The Elephant Man
Skins
Broadchurch
North & South
Distant Voices, Still Lives
You, Me and the Apocalypse
Emmerdale
David Copperfield
Birds of a Feather
The Return of the Soldier
Little Dorrit
The Duchess of Duke Street
The Thieving Headmistress
Carrie's War
Arthur's Dyke
Last Christmas
Our Boy
The Canterville Ghost
An Audience with Bob Monkhouse
Getting It Right
Distant Voices, Still Lives
Little Dorrit
The Return of the Soldier
Life After Death
Baby Talk
The Elephant Man
Name for the Day
Sunshine in Brixton
Beasts: Special Offer
Jenny Can't Work Any Faster
Eleanor
Malachi's Cove
Junket 89
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