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.

Known For

Mad Max

as May Swaisey

Summerfield

as Miss Gleeson

The Devil's Playground

as Mrs.Sullivan

A Woman's Tale

as Martha

The Tale of Ruby Rose

as Großmutter

End Play

as Mavis Lipton

Clay

as Deaf-mute

Nirvana Street Murder

as Molly

Rafferty's Rules

as Mrs. Patterson

Illuminations