Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
April 4, 1925
Place of Birth:
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
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Dorothy Alison
Biography
Dorothy Alison was an Australian stage, film and television actress. She was known for See No Evil (1971), The Nun's Story (1959) and A Cry in the Dark (1988). Alison, from 1949, afterinitially working as a secretary, spend most of her professional life in London, England. She returned to Australia in 1980 for the mini-series, A Town Like Alice (1981) and remained her for the rest of the 1980s. She was married to Leslie Linder. She died at the age of 66 in London in 1992.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Australia | Doreen Swanson |
| 1988 | Rikky and Pete | Mrs. Menzies |
| 1988 | Two Brothers Running | Mrs. Widmore |
| 1988 | Evil Angels | Avis Murchison |
| 1983 | The Winds of Jarrah | Mrs. Sullivan |
| 1983 | The Return of the Soldier | Brigadier's Wife |
| 1980 | The Errand | The Farmer's Wife |
| 1972 | The Amazing Mr. Blunden | Mrs. Richard Allen |
| 1971 | Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde | Mrs. Spencer |
| 1971 | See No Evil | Betty Rexton |
| 1968 | Journey Into Darkness | Mrs. Latham |
| 1967 | Pretty Polly | Mrs. Barlow |
| 1966 | Georgy Girl | Health Visitor |
| 1962 | The Prince and the Pauper | Mrs. Canty |
| 1961 | Two Living, One Dead | Esther Kester |
| 1959 | Life In Emergency Ward 10 | Sister Jane Fraser |
| 1959 | The Nun's Story | Sister Aurelie |
| 1958 | The Man Upstairs | Mrs. Barnes |
| 1957 | Interpol | Helen |
| 1957 | The Scamp | Barbara Leigh |
| 1956 | The Long Arm | Mary Halliday |
| 1956 | Reach for the Sky | Nurse Brace |
| 1956 | The Silken Affair | Mrs. Tweakham |
| 1956 | The Feminine Touch | The Suicide |
| 1954 | The 'Maggie' | Miss Peters |
| 1953 | Turn the Key Softly | Joan |
| 1952 | Mandy | Miss Stockton |
| 1949 | Eureka Stockade | Mrs. Bentley |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | The Flying Doctors | Essie Harrington |
| 1981 | A Town Like Alice | Mrs. Frith |
| 1969 | The Main Chance | Chairman of Magistrates |
| 1968 | Journey to the Unknown | |
| 1967 | Callan | |
| 1961 | Stryker of the Yard | |
| 1957 | A Time Of Day | |
| 1957 | Overseas Press Club - Exclusive! | Miss MacPherson |
| 1955 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Matilda |
| 1955 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Duchess Constance |