Pauline Delaney was an Irish stage, screen and television actress. Born in Dublin Delaney trained at the Brendan Smith Academy of Acting and then went on to make her mark at the Globe Theatre. She later took her talents to London and enjoyed a highly successful career in British theatre and television. Despite being based in London she still found time to act in Dublin. Her daughter Sarah remembers her as being "tremendously proud of being Irish and most especially of being a Dubliner".