
Born
1916-07-24 (age 109)
Birthplace
St. Kilda East, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Known For
Acting
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances

A Woman's Tale
as Martha
1991

The Tale of Ruby Rose
as Großmutter
1988
Illuminations
1976

End Play
as Mavis Lipton
1976

Clay
as Deaf-mute
1965

Nirvana Street Murder
as Molly
1990

Mad Max
as May Swaisey
1979

Summerfield
as Miss Gleeson
1977

The Devil's Playground
as Mrs.Sullivan
1977
Prisoner in Concert
1981
The Great Escape
1990

