Pat Thomson

Born: 1940-09-07

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.


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Strictly Ballroom

as Shirley Hastings
Released: 1992-08-20

Brave new steps put Scott's career in jeopardy. With a new partner and determination, can he...

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Evil Angels

as Sandra Kambouris
Released: 1988-11-03

Based on the true story of Lindy Chamberlain who, during a family camping trip to Ayers Rock in...

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The Flying Doctors

as Alice
First aired: 1986-05-15

The Flying Doctors is an Australian drama series produced by Crawford Productions that revolved...

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E Street

as Edna Glover
First aired: 1989-01-24

An Australian television soap opera, set in a tough fictional inner-city district called...

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