Pauline Collins RIP

I was sad to learn this week that the wonderful British actress Pauline Collins has died at age 85. 

She had a long career in movies, TV, and the stage. Her most notable role was for the play and then the movie Shirley Valentine in the late-1980s. In fact, in 1989 she won the Tony Award for Best Actress and had the honor of being given it by Mr. Steve Martin:

But I first saw Pauline in the early 1970s TV series Upstairs, Downstairs where she played the parlor maid Sarah -- a young and motivated working class woman who refused to accept her station in life. She was so good in the role, her performance so touching and heartbreaking, she etched a memorable, multi-layered character that I remember decades after I first saw it. 

She was great. RIP.