Dorothy Alison
Born: 1925-04-04 in Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Died: 1992-01-17
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
1989
- Australia as Doreen Swanson
1988
- Evil Angels as Avis Murchison
- Rikky and Pete as Mrs. Menzies
- Two Brothers Running as Mrs. Widmore
1986
- The Flying Doctors as Essie Harrington
1983
- The Return of the Soldier as Brigadier's Wife
- The Winds of Jarrah as Mrs. Sullivan
1981
- A Town Like Alice as Mrs. Frith
1980
- The Errand as The Farmer's Wife
1972
- The Amazing Mr. Blunden as Mrs. Richard Allen
1971
- Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde as Mrs. Spencer
- See No Evil as Betty Rexton
1969
- The Main Chance as Chairman of Magistrates
1968
- Journey Into Darkness as Mrs. Latham
- Journey to the Unknown
1967
- Callan
- Pretty Polly as Mrs. Barlow
1966
- Georgy Girl as Health Visitor
1962
- The Prince and the Pauper as Mrs. Canty
1961
- Two Living, One Dead as Esther Kester
- Stryker of the Yard
1959
- The Nun's Story as Sister Aurelie
- Life In Emergency Ward 10 as Sister Jane Fraser
1958
- The Man Upstairs as Mrs. Barnes
1957
- The Scamp as Barbara Leigh
- Overseas Press Club - Exclusive! as Miss MacPherson
- Interpol as Helen
- A Time Of Day
1956
- The Long Arm as Mary Halliday
- Reach for the Sky as Nurse Brace
- The Feminine Touch as The Suicide
- The Silken Affair as Mrs. Tweakham
1955
- The Adventures of Robin Hood as Matilda
1954
- The 'Maggie' as Miss Peters
1953
- Turn the Key Softly as Joan
1952
- Mandy as Miss Stockton
1949
- Eureka Stockade as Mrs. Bentley