Portrait of Sheila Florance

Sheila Florance

Acting

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.

Born: July 24, 1916

Place of Birth: St. Kilda East, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Filmography

1991
1990
Round the Twist

as Madame Fortune

1988
The Tale of Ruby Rose

as Großmutter

1987
Rafferty's Rules

as Mrs. Patterson

1979
Mad Max

as May Swaisey

1977
The Devil's Playground

as Mrs.Sullivan

1977
Summerfield

as Miss Gleeson

1976
End Play

as Mavis Lipton

1965
Clay

as Deaf-mute