Occupation Actress Ex-spouse Roger Evison Role Actress | Name Pat Evison Years active 1975–1991 | |
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Full Name Helen June Patricia Blamires Children John Evison, Anne Evison, Timothy Evison Awards AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actress, Logie Award for Best Individual Performance by an Actress Movies and TV shows Tim, The Flying Doctors, Starstruck, The Silent One, The Earthling Similar People Michael Pate, Peter Collinson, David Blyth, Bill Bennett, David Stevens | ||
Flying doctors tribute to pat evison as violet died today 30 may 2010
Dame Helen June Patricia Evison (née Blamires; 2 June 1924 – 30 May 2010), known as Pat Evison, was a New Zealand-born actress.
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- Flying doctors tribute to pat evison as violet died today 30 may 2010
- Pat evison who played violet carnegie in the flying doctors
- Early life and education
- Acting career
- Awards
- Honours
- Personal life
- Filmography
- References
Pat evison who played violet carnegie in the flying doctors
Early life and education
Evison was born in Dunedin, New Zealand, in 1924, and was educated at Solway College in Masterton. She attended Victoria University of Wellington, the University of Auckland and the Auckland Teachers' Training College. In 1940, she became one of the first New Zealand students to be awarded a scholarship to the Old Vic Theatre Centre in London, where she studied directing. She then worked as an assistant director at the Young Vic, before returning to New Zealand where she worked as a freelance director and actor at the Downstage Theatre in Wellington.
Acting career
Evison first began acting while studying an arts degree at Victoria University, performing in radio plays recorded onto acetate discs. Following her return to New Zealand from London, she began acting in television roles, with a small role in the television play All Earth to Love, and guest appearances and a regular role on the sketch comedy series In View of the Circumstances.
In 1971, Evison in the television drama serial Pukemanu as storekeeper Phyllis Telford, a role written specially for her by series creator Julian Dickon. In her 1998 autobiography Happy Days in Muckle Flugga, Evison stated that the role as Mrs Telford changed her life, and she was thereafter recognised throughout New Zealand as "Mrs Pukemanu".
She is likely best known for her roles in Australian television, such as Jessie Windom in Prisoner and Violet Carnegie in The Flying Doctors.
Awards
In 1979, Evison won the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Supporting Actress, for her role as Mel Gibson's character's mother in the film Tim. Her co-stars also won AFI Awards for their roles: Gibson winning Best Lead Actor for the title role, and Alwyn Kurts winning Best Supporting Actor for his role as Tim's father.
Honours
In the 1980 Queen's Birthday Honours, Evison was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to the theatre. She was created a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1993 New Year Honours for services to theatre, television and the community.
Personal life
She and her husband, Roger, had three children: John, Anne and Timothy.
Evison died on 30 May 2010, in Wellington, New Zealand, three days before her 86th birthday.