Actor
Sheila Florance
July 24, 1916 · 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.
Notable work
Often works with
Norman Kaye
3 titles together
A Woman's Tale, Hungry Heart, Illuminations
Nick Tate
2 titles together
Summerfield, The Devil's Playground
John Waters
2 titles together
Summerfield, End Play
Charles Tingwell
2 titles together
Summerfield, End Play
Marion Heathfield
2 titles together
Round the Twist, A Woman's Tale
Chris Haywood
2 titles together
A Woman's Tale, The Tale of Ruby Rose
Full filmography · 13
A Woman's Tale
as Martha
1991The Great Escape
cast
1990
Nirvana Street Murder
as Molly
1990
The Tale of Ruby Rose
as Großmutter
1988
Hungry Heart
as Grandmother
1987
Mad Max
as May Swaisey
19796.7
The Devil's Playground
as Mrs.Sullivan
19776.4
Summerfield
as Miss Gleeson
19776.4Illuminations
cast
1976
End Play
as Mavis Lipton
1976
Clay
as Deaf-mute
1965