ACTOR · FROM ST. KILDA EAST, AUSTRALIA
Sheila Florance
1916–199113 credits since 1965
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ABOUT SHEILA
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.
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.
Born24 July 1916
Died12 October 1991
BirthplaceSt. Kilda East, Australia
Known forActing
On Cineora5 of 13 titles
Known for
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MovieCareer
IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.
- Titles on Cineora
- 5
- Average IMDb
- 7.1
- Highest rated
- Round the TwistIMDb 8.0
- Working since
- 1965
Size: how widely seen
Filmography
The 1990s
3 titles · IMDb 7.5 on averageMovieas Martha
as Molly
Seriesas Madame Fortune · 1 episode
The 1980s
4 titles
as Großmutter
as Mrs. Patterson · 1 episode
as Grandmother
Prisoner in Concert
Not on CineoraThe 1970s
5 titles · IMDb 6.8 on average
Movieas May Swaisey
Movieas Mrs.Sullivan
Movieas Miss Gleeson
as Mavis Lipton
The 1960s
1 title
as Deaf-mute
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