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Pat Thomson

Actor
Born September 7, 1940Died April 19, 1992 (51 years)
Patricia Elizabeth Thomson (September 7, 1940 - April 18, 1992) was an English-born Australian television and film actress, best remembered as Shirley Hastings, the over-zealous, pretentious mother of Scott Hastings in the 1992 Australian film Strictly Ballroom.

Thomson died of an aneurism on 18 April 1992 in Sydney, Australia, missing the premiere of her last movie, Strictly Ballroom. In the same year, she posthumously won the AFI award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in Strictly Ballroom.

Known For

  • Strictly Ballroom
  • Boys From The Bush
  • Malpractice

Filmography

1992
Strictly Ballroom · as Shirley Hastings
1991
Boys From The Bush (TV Series) · as Doris Toomer
1990
Shadows of the Heart (TV Series) · as Mary Carter
1989
Malpractice · as Sister Margaret Beattie
1989
E Street (TV Series) · as Edna Glover
1989
How Wonderful! · as The Receptionist
1988
A Cry in the Dark · as Sandra Kambouris
1987
Poor Man's Orange (TV Series) · as Mrs. Drummy
1987
The Harp In The South (TV Series) · as Mrs. Drummy
1985
Winners (TV Series) · as Alison
1985
The Flying Doctors (TV Series) · as Alice
1983
Phar Lap · as Edith
1981
A Country Practice (TV Series) · as Eileen O' Connor

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