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Pat Thomson

Pat Thomson

Actor · 1940 – 1992 · 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.

Movies3

  • Movie6.8

    Evil Angels

    1988 · 229 votes

  • Movie6.6

    Strictly Ballroom

    1992 · 397 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Captives of Care

    1981 · 1 votes

Series2

  • TV6.7

    E Street

    1989 · 6 votes

  • TV6.6

    The Flying Doctors

    1986 · 17 votes