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Sheila Mary Florance (24 July 1916 – 12 October 1991) was an Australian theatre, television and film actress. She played numerous roles in the Crawford Productions before playing Dossie Rumsay in the rural series Bellbird but became best known internationally for her performance as elderly, alcoholic convict Lizzie Birdsworth in the ...
Sheila Florance (1916-1991) was known for her roles in Prisoner, Mad Max and A Woman's Tale. She won the Australian Film Institute's Best Actress award for her final film, A Woman's Tale, in which she played a woman dying of cancer.
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Sheila Florance was an Australian actress who starred in Prisoner, Mad Max and A Woman's Tale. She died of cancer in 1991, nine days after winning the Best Actress award for her last film.
- July 24, 1916
- October 12, 1991
Oct 13, 1991 · Sheila Florance died of cancer today, a week after winning Australia's top acting award for her portrayal of a woman dying of cancer. She was 75 years old. "A Woman's Tale" was specially written...
Sheila Mary Florance (1916-1991) was an Australian actress who performed in theatre, film and television. She had a turbulent personal life, losing her first husband in World War II, her daughter in a mysterious accident, and her third husband to a murderer.
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Sheila Florance, the veteran actor who said recently that she had died in so many roles "it is hard to remember the survivors", lost a real-life battle with cancer on Saturday morning. Ms Florance, who was 75, died in a Melbourne hospital one week after receiving the Australian Film Institute best actress award for her portrayal of an elderly ...
Jul 14, 2023 · Sheila Florance was a favourite of the Homicide producers before she became famous as Lizzie Birdsworth in Prisoner. Watch a clip of her as a guest star in 1974 and read some comments from other cast members.