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Sheila Florance
Actress 1916 - 1991

Sheila Florance

St. Kilda East, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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... Read full bio →

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A Woman's Tale

A Woman's Tale

Paul Cox 1991 1h 33m

Uplifting and intimate look at the last days of an elderly cancer victim. The film is even more relevant as it was written specifically for the lead actress, Sheila Florance, who was in fact dying of cancer as she created what is essentially a self-portrait.

The Tale of Ruby Rose

The Tale of Ruby Rose

Roger Scholes 1987 1h 40m

Located among the haunting peaks and brooding mists of Tasmania's Central Highlands, RUBY ROSE is the story of a woman's quest to break out of the isolated an demanding farm life she lives and find something challenging.

Mad Max

Mad Max

George Miller 1979 1h 31m 7.5

In a dystopic future Australia, a vicious biker gang murder a cop's family and make his fight with them personal.

The Devil's Playground

The Devil's Playground

Fred Schepisi 1977 1h 47m

Australia, 1953. Thirteen-year-old Tom Allen attends a strict Catholic seminary for boys administered by De La Salle Brothers. The adolescent students and their adult instructors struggle deeply with sexual repression and religious doubt.

Clay

Clay

Giorgio Mangiamele 1965 1h 25m

A killer on the run is found lying flat on his face in a wet clay bank. He is rescued by potters who shelter him within their community. There he falls in love with a woman. Unfortunately, another man who has been calling upon the woman gets jealous and turns the fugitive in to the cops. The woman gets revenge.

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