Pat Thomson

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

^ ^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

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[SMHObit-1] "Drama's lost treasure. Obituary". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, NSW. 23 April 1992. p. 8. Retrieved 19 September 2019.

[2] Baz Luhrmann (Director/co-Writer) (2002). Audio Commentary from Strictly Ballroom (DVD). Miramax.

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