Pat Evison

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Old Vic
OccupationActress
Years active1947–1998
Spouse
Roger Evison
(m. 1948)
RelativesErnest Blamires (father)
Edgar Blamires (uncle)
Henry Blamires (uncle)

Dame Helen June Patricia Evison

DBE
(née Blamires; 2 June 1924 – 30 May 2010), known professionally as Pat Evison, was a New Zealand-born actress.

Early life and education

Evison was born in

Old Vic Theatre Centre in London, where she studied directing.[3] 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

. 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".[4] Evison also starred in the first production at Palmerston North's Centrepoint Theatre in 1973, An Evening With Katherine Mansfield.[5]

She is likely best known for her roles in

Australian television, such as Jessie Windom in Prisoner and Violet Carnegie in The Flying Doctors
.

Honours and awards

In 1979, Evison won the

Best Supporting Actor for his role as Tim's father.[6]

In the

Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1993 New Year Honours, for services to theatre, television and the community.[8]

Personal life

She married Roger Douglas Evison in 1948, and the couple went on to have three children.[1]

Evison suffered from numerous health problems in her later years including cancer, diabetes, several minor strokes and arthritis. [3]

Pat Evison died in Wellington, New Zealand, on 30 May 2010, aged 85.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1975 Landfall Visitor Feature film
1976 Caddie Mrs. Norris Feature film
1979 Tim Em Melville Feature film
1979 The Old Man's Story Aunt Short
1975 They Don't Clap Losers Granny TV movie
1980 The Earthling Meg Neilson Feature film
1981 Bad Blood Dulcie Lindsay Feature film
1982 Starstruck Nana Feature film
1982 The Clinic Alda Feature film
1984 The Silent One Luisa
1985 A Street to Die Sister Sweet Feature film
1985 Hanging Together Jean TV movie
1987 Emma's War Miss Arnott Feature film
1990 What the Moon Saw Gran Feature film
1992 My Grandpa Is a Vampire Leah

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1971–72 Pukemanu Phyllis Telford 8 episodes
1974 Percy the Policeman Washer Woman Episode: "Percy Meets Burglar Bill"
Mrs. Jones Episode: "Percy and the Burglaries"
1975 Division 4 Agnes Episode: "Agnes Triumphant"
1976 Matlock Police Chrissy Wilson Episode: "Just Like the Old Days"
1976 Solo One Mrs. Birch Episode: "Little Joe"
1976 The Emigrants Josie TV series; 1 episode: "13,000 Miles Away"
1977 Pig in a Poke TV series
1978–1980 Close to Home Faith Wilson 3 episodes
1979 The Mike Walsh Show Guest - Herself with Alwyn Kurts TV series, 1 episode
1981 A Town Like Alice Mrs. Collard Miniseries; 1 episode
1983 Carson's Law Mrs. Amelia Henty Episode: "Teapots and Tears"
1985–88 The Flying Doctors Violet Carnegie 3 episodes (miniseries), 53 episodes (regular series)
1986 Prisoner Jessie Windom 28 episodes
1990
The Ray Bradbury Theatre
Mrs. Foley Episode: "The Black Ferris"
1990 Shark in the Park Vi Scudmore Episode: "Double or Quits"

Bibliography

  • Autobiography: Evison, Pat (1998). Happy days in Muckle Flugga. HarperCollins. .

References

  1. ^ .
  2. ^ Crombie, Nathan (5 March 2013). "Former Solway dux New Zealander of Year". Wairarapa Times-Age. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  3. ^
    The Dominion Post
    .
  4. ^ "Pat Evison – Biography". NZ On Screen. New Zealand On Air. May 2010. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
  5. Wikidata Q107708826
  6. .
  7. ^ "No. 48214". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 14 June 1980. p. 40.
  8. ^ "No. 53154". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 31 December 1992. p. 29.

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