Pauline Quirke ignored agonising health problem for a year before doctor's upsetting news Pauline Quirke secretly lived in pain when filming for one of her BBC dramas.
Her husband, Steve Sheen, announced on Tuesday that Pauline, who played Sharon Theodopolopodous in the sitcom's original hit series and revival between 2014 and 2017, has had to step away from acting as her condition has worsened.
It came to a head when she suffered a serious fall after visiting one of her drama schools - The Pauline Quirke Academy of Performing Arts.
Steve said in a statement: "'It is with a heavy heart that I announce my wife Pauline's decision to step back from all professional and commercial duties due to her diagnosis of Dementia in 2021.".
It was in 2008 when Pauline, who was filming BBC's afternoon drama series Missing, began to feel "raging pain" in her leg.
