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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

11

Gender

Female

Birthday

1916-07-24

Day of Death

1991-10-12 (75 years old)

Place of Birth

St. Kilda East, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Also Known As

Sheila Florence

Sheila Florance

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

A Woman's Tale

1991

A Woman's Tale

as

Martha

The Tale of Ruby Rose

1988

The Tale of Ruby Rose

as

Großmutter

End Play

1976

End Play

as

Mavis Lipton

Clay

1965

Clay

as

Deaf-mute

Mad Max

1979

Mad Max

as

May Swaisey

Summerfield

1977

Summerfield

as

Miss Gleeson

The Devil's Playground

1977

The Devil's Playground

as

Mrs.Sullivan

Rafferty's Rules

Rafferty's Rules

as

Mrs. Patterson

Round the Twist

Round the Twist

as

Madame Fortune

Production

Crew

Directing