Person

Sheila Florance

Acting · 1916–1991 · St. Kilda East, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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.

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  Rafferty's Rules

  Mrs. Patterson

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  Mad Max

  May Swaisey

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  Round the Twist

  Madame Fortune

• Illuminations

  1976

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  Clay

  Deaf-mute

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  The Devil's Playground

  Mrs.Sullivan

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  Hungry Heart

  Grandmother

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  Nirvana Street Murder

  Molly

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  Summerfield

  Miss Gleeson

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  A Far Off World

  Dramaturgy

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