
Pat Thomson
September 7, 1940 (84 years old) in London, England, UK
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
Credits
- 1992 ยทStrictly Ballroomas Shirley Hastings
- 1989 ยทE Streetas Edna Glover
- 1988 ยทEvil Angelsas Sandra Kambouris
- 1986 ยทThe Flying Doctorsas Alice
- 1981 ยทCaptives of Careas Matron