Pat Evison

Helen June Patricia Evison, DBE, ( born June 2, 1924 in Dunedin, New Zealand, better known as Pat Evison; † 30 May 2010) was a New Zealand actress. In Germany she became known for her role as Violet Carnegie in the series The Flying Doctors.

Life

Helen Evison attended a school in Masterton and then went to the Victoria University of Wellington, a liberal arts degree take. This put them at the University of Auckland and the Teacher's Training College continued. She was one of the first Neuseeländerinen who received a scholarship to London's Old Vic Theatre, to study directing. After graduating, she worked first as an assistant director at the same theater and has also played some audio plays on, before they again returned to New Zealand to work as a freelance director. During this time, she was engaged Theatre in Wellington as an actress on the down days. On television, she appeared for the first time in a small role in the television game all earth to love. It knüpften occasional guest appearances in the comedy series In View of the Circumstances. 1971 Evison played the role written for her, the shop owner Phyllis Telford in the TV series Pukemanu. This role changed according to self-reports Evisons in her autobiography ( Happy Days in Muckle Flugga ) their lives, as they gave her the nickname Mrs. Pukemanu nationwide notoriety. In the successful Australian television series The Flying Doctors finally played again the role of a headstrong shop owner. Pat Evison was married and has three children.

Awards

1979 Evison was for her role as Best Supporting Actress by the Australian Film Institute Award for the film Tim, that love can be? excellent. There, she played the mother of the played by Mel Gibson Tim Melville, who in turn was honored as Best Actor. 1980 Queen Elizabeth II awarded her the title of Dame for her services to the theater. She was also nominated for their social and professionales commitment to Dame Commander in 1993.

Filmography

  • Pukemanu, 1971-72
  • A woman walks her way, 1976
  • Tim may be the love?, 1979
  • At the end of the valley, 1980
  • Jonasi and the Turtle, 1984
  • Emma's War, 1986
  • The Flying Doctors, 1986-1988
  • Holiday with Sindbad, 1990
  • My Grandpa is a Vampire, 1991
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