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- Birth nameSheila Mary Florance
- Sheila Florance was born on July 24, 1916 in St. Kilda East, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. She was an actress, known for Prisoner (1979), Mad Max (1979) and A Woman's Tale (1991). She was married to Jan (John) Adam Balawaider and Roger Lightfoot Oyston. She died on October 12, 1991 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
- SpousesJan (John) Adam Balawaider(September 3, 1946 - October 1983) (his death)Roger Lightfoot Oyston(April 19, 1934 - June 19, 1944) (his death, 4 children)
- Australian actress. 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.
- Started acting around 1932, living in England between 1934 and 1948, before returning to Australia where she continued to perform until her death.
- Mother of Susan, Peter Oyston and Phillip Oyston. Her granddaughter by Peter is the opera soprano Dominique Oyston. Another grandchild is Stephen Oyston.
- Best known for her role of Lizzie Birdsworth in Prisoner.
- Suffered a knee injury during the filming of Mad Max, but refused to sit out. She took off her own cast and performed her role injured throughout.
- I set out aged nineteen with every intention of becoming the world's greatest Shakespearean actress and ended up as Lizzie Birdsworth, the shearers' poisoner!
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