Pat Thomson

Biography

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

E Street

Edna Glover

The Flying Doctors

Alice

Evil Angels

Sandra Kambouris

Strictly Ballroom

Shirley Hastings

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
1992	Strictly Ballroom	Shirley Hastings
1988	Evil Angels	Sandra Kambouris
1981	Captives of Care	Matron

Year	TV Show	Role
1989	E Street	Edna Glover
1986	The Flying Doctors	Alice