Pat Evison
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Dame Pat Evison DBE |
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| Born |
Helen June Patricia Blamires 2 June 1924 Dunedin, New Zealand |
| Died | 30 May 2010 (aged 85) Wellington, New Zealand |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1975–1991 |
| Spouse(s) | Roger Evison |
Dame Helen June Patricia Evison DBE (née Blamires; 2 June 1924 – 30 May 2010), known as Pat Evison, was a New Zealand-born actress.
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.
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".
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