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 Pauline Quirke
Pauline Quirke became a familiar face with her portrayal of Sharon in the hit sit-com Birds of a Feather. Since then, she's enjoyed leading roles in many TV dramas, including The Sculptress and Down To Earth and Being April. She recently starred in a TV adaption of the children's classic, Carrie's War.
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Pauline Quirke started out at just sixteen as one of the three main hosts on You Must Be Joking. It was so successful that she soon had her own series, Pauline's Quirkes. She then moved on to present a teenage magazine programme, Pauline's People.
As well as appearing in Birds Of A Feather with Linda Robson, the duo previously appeared together in the comedy drama Shine On Harvey Moon and also teamed up for Jobs for the Girls where they tried out different jobs each week.
Over the last few years, Pauline's credits have included Down To Earth, Office Gossip, Real Women, Maisie Raine and Murder In Mind.
She won acclaim for her role in the 1996 BBC drama The Sculptress, and earlier in her career was a regular in the 1980s hospital drama Angels. She's also guested in Casualty and Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased).
Pauline recently worked on Arthur’s Dyke, a film written and produced by husband Steve for Quirky productions, their own company.
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A self-confessed telly addict, she lists EastEnders, Ground Force and all cookery programmes among her favourites.
She was also gripped by 2002's Pop Idol phenomenon. "I think Will’s great but I wouldn’t say he was a pop idol!" she reveals.
Pauline makes a brief appearance in the 1980 film The Elephant Man, which starred John Hurt as the tragically deformed John Merrick.
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Pauline was born in London in July 1959.
Her family has divided loyalties when it comes to football. "My husband Steve supports West Ham and my son is football mad – he supports Arsenal and Wycombe Wanderers, our local team," she explains. "My daughter’s an Arsenal fan too. We used to live in Islington and we’re also mates with David Seaman. But they all talk football all the time and it just leaves me cold!"
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