Fellow actors of stage and screen share their memories of working with the much-loved Shirley Valentine star
• Shirley Valentine actor Pauline Collins dies aged 85
• Simon Callow on directing Pauline Collins in Shirley Valentine
Julia McKenzie
I’d been aware of Pauline for a long time before we first worked together on Shirley Valentine in 1989. From the moment you saw her bright little face in Upstairs, Downstairs, you knew she was going somewhere because people just loved her. You don’t often find that: people can admire you, but to be immediately loved as she was is unusual. I think that was half her secret – knowing how to love and be loved.
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