Dorothy Alison
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.
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Movies (28)
Australia1989Doreen Swanson
Evil Angels1988Avis Murchison
Rikky and Pete1988Mrs. Menzies
Two Brothers Running1988Mrs. Widmore
The Winds of Jarrah1983Mrs. Sullivan
The Return of the Soldier1983Brigadier's Wife
The Errand1980The Farmer's Wife
The Amazing Mr. Blunden1972Mrs. Richard Allen
Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde1971Mrs. Spencer
See No Evil1971Betty Rexton
Journey Into Darkness1968Mrs. Latham
Pretty Polly1967Mrs. Barlow
Georgy Girl1966Health Visitor
The Prince and the Pauper1962Mrs. Canty- Two Living, One Dead1961Esther Kester
The Nun's Story1959Sister Aurelie
Life In Emergency Ward 101959Sister Jane Fraser
The Man Upstairs1958Mrs. Barnes
The Scamp1957Barbara Leigh
Interpol1957Helen
The Silken Affair1956Mrs. Tweakham
Reach for the Sky1956Nurse Brace
The Feminine Touch1956The Suicide
The Long Arm1956Mary Halliday
The 'Maggie'1954Miss Peters
Turn the Key Softly1953Joan
Mandy1952Miss Stockton
Eureka Stockade1949Mrs. Bentley
Shows (13)
The Flying Doctors1986Essie Harrington
A Town Like Alice1981Mrs. Frith
The Main Chance1969Chairman of Magistrates
Journey to the Unknown1968Mrs. Latham
ITV Playhouse1967Ann Swink
Callan1967- Stryker of the Yard1961
- Theatre '701960Lois Jerrard
- A Time Of Day1957
- Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!1957Miss MacPherson
Armchair Theatre1956Stella Gilmore
ITV Play of the Week1955Margaret Sellman
The Adventures of Robin Hood1955Matilda