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Sheila Florance

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Sheila Florance

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

Jul 24, 1916 (110 years old)

Place of Birth

St. Kilda East, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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.

Known For

Acting
1991A Woman's TaleMartha
1990Nirvana Street MurderMolly
1990The Great Escape
1990Round the TwistMadame Fortune
1988The Tale of Ruby RoseGroßmutter
1987Rafferty's RulesMrs. Patterson
1981Prisoner in Concert
1979Mad MaxMay Swaisey
1977SummerfieldMiss Gleeson
1977The Devil's PlaygroundMrs.Sullivan
1976Illuminations
1976End PlayMavis Lipton
1965ClayDeaf-mute
Crew
1986A Far Off WorldDramaturgy