Sheila Florance

Known for: Acting

Born: 1916-07-24 – 1991-10-12 (aged 75)

From: 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.

Filmography (14)

MOVIE★ 6.3
A Woman's Tale
1991
as Martha
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Great Escape
1990
MOVIE★ 7.0
Nirvana Street Murder
1990
as Molly
TV★ 7.0
Round the Twist
1990
as Madame Fortune
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Tale of Ruby Rose
1988
as Großmutter
TV★ 8.0
Rafferty's Rules
1987
as Mrs. Patterson
MOVIE★ 9.0
Hungry Heart
1987
as Grandmother
MOVIE
Prisoner in Concert
1981
MOVIE★ 6.7
Mad Max
1979
as May Swaisey
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Devil's Playground
1977
as Mrs.Sullivan
MOVIE★ 6.4
Summerfield
1977
as Miss Gleeson
MOVIE★ 10.0
Illuminations
1976
MOVIE★ 6.4
End Play
1976
as Mavis Lipton
MOVIE★ 5.8
Clay
1965
as Deaf-mute