Please Sir - Is Pauline Collins your daughter?- St Andrews School

2/9/2020

On This Day 3 September 1940 the actress Pauline Collins was born

She was the daughter of the Headmaster (60s-70s) St Andrew's School, Polworth Road, Streatham and is known to help out in the school

Collins entered motion pictures as a stripper in the exploitation film, Secrets of a Windmill Girl (1966), and television, as a maid in the British drama series Upstairs, Downstairs(1971). In 1988, she starred in the one-woman play 'Shirley Valentine' in London, and soon after, brought the role to Broadway, winning a Tony Award. She collected a BAFTA Film Award and was nominated an Academy Award for her performance in the film version, Shirley Valentine (1989). Several stage, film and television performances followed. (IMDb)

6 Comments

Josephine Harrington

29/9/2024 03:41:03 am

I remember Pauline Collins used to visit St Andrew's RC School with her husband, John Alderton, to see our school plays. This was during the early 1970s when they were both very famous - Pauline for 'Upstairs Downstairs' and John for 'Please Sir!'. It was so kind of them to give up their evenings to support us in the cast, the school, and Pauline's father. They used to come back stage to give us their best wishes by telling us all to "Break a leg", which totally confused the very young me!

j f hutson

29/10/2024 07:33:29 am

i was a pupil at st andrews sch in the late 40s early 50s.i remember mr collins from then.

Dave Barter

6/11/2025 01:43:39 pm

I recall these times too Josephine. I think we were in the same classes although sadly I didn't take part in the productions.

Patricia Warr

5/5/2025 01:13:28 pm

Mr Collins used to listen to us learning to read at St Andrew’s in the 60’s. He was a kind and good headmaster, I only learned his daughter Pauline was a famous actress some years after I left the primary school

Lynne mcbride nee palmer

6/11/2025 11:33:04 am

Hi Pat - I remember you from my school days at St Andrews and one lovely memory I have is when I went on holiday with you and your parents to a cottage in the country - it was amazing and your parents were so lovely -those were the best days of my life x

Lynne mcbride nee palmer

6/11/2025 11:29:31 am

I remember Mr Collins who was headmaster whilst I was at St Andrews school in the 60’s. He was a lovely man and I have so many happy memories from my primary school days

Please Sir - Is Pauline Collins your daughter?- St Andrews School

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