Personal Info

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

6.1

Martha

A Woman's Tale

1991

6.0

Molly

Nirvana Street Murder

1990

7.1

Madame Fortune

Round the Twist

1990

4.8

Großmutter

The Tale of Ruby Rose

1988

6.0

Mrs. Patterson

Rafferty's Rules

1987

6.7

May Swaisey

Mad Max

1979

6.6

Mrs.Sullivan

The Devil's Playground

1977

6.5

Miss Gleeson

Summerfield

1977

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0.0

Illuminations

1976

6.2

Mavis Lipton

End Play

1976

Credits

A Woman's Tale

as Martha

1991

6.1

Nirvana Street Murder

as Molly

1990

6.0

Round the Twist

as Madame Fortune

1990

7.1

The Tale of Ruby Rose

as Großmutter

1988

4.8

Rafferty's Rules

as Mrs. Patterson

1987

6.0

Mad Max

as May Swaisey

1979

6.7

The Devil's Playground

as Mrs.Sullivan

1977

6.6

Summerfield

as Miss Gleeson

1977

6.5

🎬

Illuminations

1976

0.0

End Play

as Mavis Lipton

1976

6.2

Clay

as Deaf-mute

1965

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