Sheila Florance
Born: 1916-07-24 in St. Kilda East, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died: 1991-10-12
Known For: Acting
Biography
Sheila Florance (1916-1991) was an Australian actress, known for her role of Lizzie Birdsworth in TV series' Prisoner (1979-1984), Mad Max (1979) and A Woman's Tale (1991). Died of cancer in Melbourne, Australia at age 75, 9 days after winning Australian Film Institute's Best Actress award for A Woman's Tale (1991), a film where she played a woman dying of cancer.
Filmography
1991
- A Woman's Tale as Martha
1990
- Round the Twist as Madame Fortune
- Nirvana Street Murder as Molly
- The Great Escape
1988
- The Tale of Ruby Rose as Großmutter
1987
- Rafferty's Rules as Mrs. Patterson
- Hungry Heart as Grandmother
1986
- A Far Off World ... (Dramaturgy)
1981
1979
- Mad Max as May Swaisey
1977
- Summerfield as Miss Gleeson
- The Devil's Playground as Mrs.Sullivan
1976
- Illuminations
- End Play as Mavis Lipton
1965
- Clay as Deaf-mute