Sheila Florance, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Australian actress
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Place of Birth: St Kilda, Victoria, Australia
About Sheila Florance
- Sheila Mary Florance (24 July 1916 – 12 October 1991) credited as Sheila Florence, was an Australian theatre, television and film actress.
- She was best known for her performance as elderly, alcoholic convict Lizzie Birdsworth in the television series Prisoner.
- Born in Melbourne, she married an Englishman in 1934 and sailed to London.
- She spent World War II in England; her first husband died in action following the 1944 Normandy landings. Florance returned to Australia in 1948, where she became a theatre actress.
- She later appeared in Australian films and television series.
- Florance had a reputation as a teller of extraordinary stories and in the 1950s she was known for her house parties.
- Florance died in 1991 from lung cancer, a week after receiving the AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her last film.
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