Pat Thomson
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Patricia Elizabeth Thomson, (born 7 September 1940 in London, England - 18 April 1992 in Sydney, Australia), was an English-born Australian television and film actress.[1]
In Sydney, she appeared as Goneril in King Lear and as the "sad-sack clown" in Clowneroonies, by Geoffrey Rush.[1] In 1991, she played Doris in Boys From The Bush.[1] She was best known for her role as Shirley Hastings, the over-zealous, pretentious mother of Scott Hastings in the film Strictly Ballroom,[1] written and directed by Baz Luhrmann.
Thomson died of an aneurism on 18 April 1992 in Sydney, Australia, missing the premiere of her last movie, Strictly Ballroom.[2] In the same year, she posthumously won the AFI award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in Strictly Ballroom.
She had two daughters.[1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Drama's lost treasure. Obituary". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, NSW. 23 April 1992. p. 8. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- ^ Baz Luhrmann (Director/co-Writer) (2002). Audio Commentary from Strictly Ballroom (DVD). Miramax.
External links[]
- Pat Thomson at IMDb
- Australian television actresses
- 1992 deaths
- Australian film actresses
- 1940 births
- 20th-century Australian actresses
- Best Supporting Actress AACTA Award winners
- Australian television actor stubs
- Australian television biography stubs