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The Renowned Actress Pauline Collins, Star of the Film Shirley Valentine, Passes Away at Eighty-Five Years Old
The celebrated actress Pauline Collins, best known for her performance in the movie Shirley Valentine, has died at the eighty-five years old.
Her passing was peaceful in her London residence, surrounded by her loved ones after living with Parkinson's for several years, as stated by her relatives.
Collins will be best remembered for her depiction of disgruntled housewife Shirley in the director's award-winning film, adapted from the celebrated theatrical production by playwright Willy Russell.
Her praised acting won her the Golden Globe Award for best actress as well as a BAFTA award.
'Witty Presence'
Her relatives said in a statement: "She was a multifaceted person to countless individuals, playing a variety of roles in her life. An intelligent, lively, and humorous figure on stage and screen. Her distinguished work saw her play politicians, mothers and queens."
"She will always be remembered as the legendary, determined, lively, and insightful Shirley Valentine - a part she completely owned. We were familiar with all those parts of her because her charm was embedded in every single role."
The statement continued she was their "devoted mother, our wonderful grandma and great-grandma", and her husband John Alderton's "eternal partner"
"Kind, humorous, giving, considerate, intelligent, she was constantly supportive," they said, thanking her caregivers, who looked after her with "respect, empathy, and above all affection"
"She experienced a more peaceful goodbye. We hope you will remember her at the height of her powers; radiant and energetic; and give us the space and privacy to contemplate a life without her"
Broadway Role
Collins first played the lead part of Shirley Valentine at the Vaudeville Theater in London in 1988. She received that year's Olivier Award for best actress.
A year later she reprised the role on Broadway, New York, where she picked up numerous prizes including a esteemed Tony Award.
The film of the same name was released later that year.
Her other films included 1991's City of Joy with actor Patrick Swayze, shot in Kolkata, which gained her international fame worldwide.
A native of Exmouth in 1940, Collins was raised near Liverpool and started out her career as a teacher.
Her love of the stage inspired her to pursue acting on a side basis, and in 1957 she appeared briefly as a nurse in the Emergency Ward 10.
She featured in the film Secrets of a Windmill Girl in 1966, playing a fictional dancer in a London striptease nightclub, the Windmill Theatre.
Following several theater parts, she employed her regional dialect to land a role on The Liver Birds.
Her acting career that she met her husband John Alderton. They wed in 1969 and had a family of three, their sons and daughter.
Alderton and Collins starred together in a variety of screen projects, such as the series Upstairs, Downstairs, in which she played a maid in ITV's popular series.
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