SHEILA FLORANCE – ON THE INSIDE
I find that spiritual knowledge and understanding sits somewhere near the heart of anything I write, including my biography of Sheila Florance. It’s not at all a ‘spiritual book’, yet when undertaking the task, I found myself seeking the spirit of Sheila. This is why I wrote that her story was my attempt to ‘discover that spirit, which during her life imbued the many roles she played on stage and off, yet which also endures and touches upon eternity.’
I believe this enduring quality has meant, so many years after her death, that people still love Sheila, from her friends who knew her in all her quixotic moods, to the Lizzie-Sheila fans world-wide, who saw her vibrant life force expressed in the cantankerous, delightful character she developed with such care in the long-running TV series 'Prisoner' .
This is why this passionate earthly woman is included in the Feminine Soul and Spirit category.
You can purchase a copy of 'Sheila Florance - On the Inside' on my bookshop page. If you would like a ‘signed by the author’ copy, you can email me directly to order a copy and I will invoice you directly:
Meanwhile I thought you might like a little anecdote that is not in the book
On my first meeting with Sheila.
I was an impressionable seventeen-year-old keenly interested in following a career in the arts. My new boyfriend Peter Oyston took me into the ABC television studios to meet his mother who was working as a floor manager there. I knew she was an actress, a kind of alien species I had never encountered except in the movies, and I was nervous, expecting someone formidable.