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Sheila Florance

Sheila Florance (July 24, 1916 – October 12, 1991) was an Australian film and television actress.

Born in St Kilda, Melbourne, Australia, Florance was a frequent guest star in various television series during the 1960s and was a regular on the Bellbird series. In the 1970s she began appearing in films, most notably Petersen (1974), End Play (1975), The Devil's Playground (1976), and Mad Max (1979).

In 1979 she joined the cast of the television series Prisoner (known outside of Australia as Prisoner: Cell Block H). As the recalcitrant, alcoholic, convicted murderer Lizzie Birdsworth, Florance became one of the show's favourite performers, and while the writers usually used her for comic relief, she was also given more subtantial dramatic storylines. Her popularity was such that she won two Logie Awards as Australia's most popular television actress in 1981 and 1983. Florance left the show in 1984 and worked in such films as Nirvana Street Murder (1990).

Her final film role was in A Woman's Tale (1991). As a genteel, elderly woman, down on her luck, who reminisced with her nurse of better days, while dying of cancer, Florance gave a performance that was widely praised both within Australia, and internationally following the film's release. Florance herself was fighting cancer during the filming. She won the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress for her work, and seven days after receiving the award, died from the disease, in Melbourne.


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She won the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress for her work, and seven days after receiving the award, died from the disease, in Melbourne. She died of a heart attack in London. Florance herself was fighting cancer during the filming. Brown (1997, as Lord Stanley) and Wilde (also 1997, as Ernest Dowson). As a genteel, elderly woman, down on her luck, who reminisced with her nurse of better days, while dying of cancer, Florance gave a performance that was widely praised both within Australia, and internationally following the film's release. They had one child, Jason, also an actor who has appeared in films such as Mrs. Her final film role was in A Woman's Tale (1991). She was married to fellow actor André Morell from 1959 until his death in 1978.

Florance left the show in 1984 and worked in such films as Nirvana Street Murder (1990). Her last film was Little Dorrit, made in the year of her death. Her popularity was such that she won two Logie Awards as Australia's most popular television actress in 1981 and 1983. She also had a long stage career, appearing with Donald Wolfit's theatre company in the years following World War II. As the recalcitrant, alcoholic, convicted murderer Lizzie Birdsworth, Florance became one of the show's favourite performers, and while the writers usually used her for comic relief, she was also given more subtantial dramatic storylines. Greenwood's most notable screen appearances were as Gwendolen in The Importance of Being Earnest (1952) and opposite Dennis Price in the black comedy, Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949). In 1979 she joined the cast of the television series Prisoner (known outside of Australia as Prisoner: Cell Block H). Her husky voice was her trademark, and in 1995 she was #63 on Empire magazine's list of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history.

Born in St Kilda, Melbourne, Australia, Florance was a frequent guest star in various television series during the 1960s and was a regular on the Bellbird series. In the 1970s she began appearing in films, most notably Petersen (1974), End Play (1975), The Devil's Playground (1976), and Mad Max (1979). Joan Greenwood (March 4, 1921 - February 27, 1987) was a British actress who was born in Chelsea and studied at RADA. Sheila Florance (July 24, 1916 – October 12, 1991) was an Australian film and television actress.