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.
Known for
Casualty
Mary Taylor
Casualty
Jackie Rogers
Ready Steady Cook
Self - Guest
Play for Today
Eleanor
Play for Today
Ann
Play for Today
Tessa
Skins
DS Blunt
Emmerdale
Angels
Softly, Softly
Birds of a Feather
Sharon Theodopolopodos
Going Live!
Self
Broadchurch
Susan Wright
Celebrity Masterchef
Murder in Mind
Jane Saunders
The Elephant Man
2nd Whore
Shine on Harvey Moon
Veronica
Shadows
Dawn
North & South
Dixon
Little Dorrit
Maggy
Our Boy
Sonia
Down to Earth
Faith Addis
Girls On Top
Cleaner
David Copperfield
Peggotty
Malachi's Cove
Girl in Store
Q.E.D.
The Return of the Soldier
Girl Searching in Hospital
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
Eleanor
Eleanor
The Good Sex Guide
Self
Maisie Raine
D.I. Maisie Raine
The Trouble with 2b: Part Three, Trial of Strength
Beasts
Noreen Beale
You, Me and the Apocalypse
Paula
The Duchess of Duke Street
The Trouble with 2b: Part Six, Blackboard Jungle
As Seen on TV
The Trouble with 2b: Part One, Happy Days
Molly
Carrie's War
Sunshine in Brixton
Marilyn
The Canterville Ghost
Madame Murielle
Arthur's Dyke
Janet
Last Christmas
Gwen
Rockliffe's Babies
Missing
Getting It Right
Muriel Sutton
Being April
April
Junket 89
The Sculptress
Olive Martin
The Trouble with 2B
Parkinson at 50
Self (archive footage)
Beasts: Special Offer
Noreen Beale
Baby Talk
Tessa
Office Gossip
Lovely Couple
Jenny Can't Work Any Faster
Jenny
Checkout Girl
Lynda
You Must Be Joking!
Distant Voices, Still Lives
Doreen
Pauline's Quirkes
Name for the Day
Ann
Life After Death
Checkout Girl
The Thieving Headmistress
Colleen McCabe
The Trouble with 2b: Part Four, Parents' Day
An Audience with Bob Monkhouse
The Trouble with 2b: Part Five, Thirty Years Younger
The One Show
Self
Soccer AM
Self
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
Self
An Audience with...
Self