Pat Evison attended Victoria University College, Auckland University College and the Auckland Teachers' Training College.
12 Facts About Pat Evison
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Pat Evison 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.
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Pat Evison first began acting while studying an arts degree at Victoria University, performing in radio plays recorded onto acetate discs.
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In 1971, Pat Evison starred in the television drama serial Pukemanu as storekeeper Phyllis Telford, a role written specially for her by series creator Julian Dickon.
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Pat Evison starred in the first production at Palmerston North's Centrepoint Theatre in 1973, An Evening With Katherine Mansfield.
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Pat Evison is likely best known for her roles in Australian television, such as Jessie Windom in Prisoner and Violet Carnegie in The Flying Doctors.
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In 1979, Pat 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.
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Pat Evison's co-stars 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.
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Pat Evison was promoted to Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1993 New Year Honours, for services to theatre, television and the community.
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Pat Evison married Roger Douglas Evison in 1948, and the couple went on to have three children.
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Pat Evison suffered from numerous health problems in her later years including cancer, diabetes, several minor strokes and arthritis.
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Pat Evison died in Wellington, New Zealand, on 30 May 2010, aged 85.