Shirley Valentine is dead... R.I.P Pauline Collins

[hollydolly]

Shirley Valentine actor Pauline Collins has died aged 85, following a long battle with Parkinson's disease.

The actress passed away 'peacefully' in her London care home surrounded by her family having endured the disease for several years, her family said.

In a statement released on Sunday, which came to light on Thursday evening, her family said: 'Pauline was so many things to so many people, playing a variety of roles in her life.

'She will always be remembered as the iconic, strong-willed, vivacious and wise Shirley Valentine – a role that she made all her own.

'We were familiar with all those parts of her because her magic was contained in each one of them.

I've been watching her in the reruns of Upstairs Downstairs alongside her husband John Alderton... she was a brilliant actress..

Bless her, she was a lovely person...R.I.P

 

[RobinWren]

This lady was brilliant, I loved the movie Shirley Valentine, she also starred in a comedy with her husband which I enjoyed but cannot at this minute remember the name. They made a handsome couple and best of all they had a long and happy marriage. RIP

 

[hollydolly]

This lady was brilliant, I loved the movie Shirley Valentine, she also starred in a comedy with her husband which I enjoyed but cannot at this minute remember the name. They made a handsome couple and best of all they had a long and happy marriage. RIP

You're probably thinking of No Honestly.. ! when she and John starred in it together as a kind of chat show.... and of course they were togther as Thomas & Sarah in the offshoot from Upstairs downstairs..

 

[RobinWren]

It might have been. I now have a channel that has all the old English comedies which I enjoy and sometimes watch.

 

[hollydolly]

NO Honestly.. from 1975.... John and Pauline....

as Danbee and Claira....