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.

Filmography

• You, Me and the Apocalypse — Paula
• Broadchurch — Susan Wright
• As Seen on TV
• Missing
• Skins — DS Blunt
• Celebrity Masterchef
• 2006The Thieving Headmistress — Colleen McCabe
• 2004Carrie's War
• North & South — Dixon
• Being April — April
• 2001Arthur's Dyke — Janet
• Murder in Mind — Jane Saunders
• Office Gossip
• 2000Checkout Girl — Lynda
• Down to Earth — Faith Addis
• Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
• David Copperfield — Peggotty
• 1999Last Christmas — Gwen
• Maisie Raine — D.I. Maisie Raine
• 1998Our Boy — Sonia
• Real Women — Mandy Evans
• 1997The Canterville Ghost — Madame Murielle
• The Sculptress — Olive Martin
• 1994An Audience with Bob Monkhouse
• Birds of a Feather — Sharon Theodopolopodos
• 1989Getting It Right — Muriel Sutton
• 1988Distant Voices, Still Lives — Doreen
• Hardwicke House — Gladys
• 1987Little Dorrit — Maggy
• Rockliffe's Babies — Lorraine Morelli
• Casualty — Mary Taylor, Jackie Rogers
• Girls On Top — Cleaner
• 1983The Return of the Soldier — Girl Searching in Hospital
• 1982Life After Death — Checkout Girl
• Q.E.D. — Jane
• Shine on Harvey Moon — Veronica
• The Story of the Treasure Seekers — Eliza
• 1981Baby Talk — Tessa
• 1980Name for the Day — Ann
• 1980The Elephant Man — 2nd Whore
• The Further Adventures of Oliver Twist — Charlotte
• Lovely Couple — Carole Richards
• Beasts — Noreen Beale
• 1976Beasts: Special Offer — Noreen Beale
• Pauline's Quirkes
• Plays for Britain — Marilyn
• 1976Sunshine in Brixton — Marilyn
• The Duchess of Duke Street — Pearl
• Angels
• 1975Jenny Can't Work Any Faster — Jenny
• Shadows — Dawn
• You Must Be Joking!
• 1974Eleanor — Eleanor
• 1973Malachi's Cove — Girl in Store
• Emmerdale
• 1972The Trouble with 2B
• 1972The Trouble with 2b: Part Five, Thirty Years Younger
• 1972The Trouble with 2b: Part Four, Parents' Day
• 1972The Trouble with 2b: Part One, Happy Days — Molly
• 1972The Trouble with 2b: Part Six, Blackboard Jungle
• 1972The Trouble with 2b: Part Three, Trial of Strength
• 1970Junket 89
• Play for Today — Eleanor, Tessa, Ann
• Softly, Softly

Appearances as themselves (9)

• 2021Parkinson at 50 — Self (archive footage)
• Tipping Point: Lucky Stars — Self - Contestant
• The Alan Titchmarsh Show — Self
• Soccer AM — Self
• Ready, Steady, Cook — Self - Guest
• The Good Sex Guide — Self
• Challenge Anneka — Self
• Going Live! — Self
• An Audience with... — Self