Dame Helen June Patricia Evison (née Blamires) five decades long screen career saw her in the breakthrough Kiwi drama series Pukemanu and Close to Home, and a long-running role on Australia's The Flying Doctors. Evison was appointed an OBE in 1980, and 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.
